The ovo gene required for cuticle formation and oogenesis in flies is involved in hair formation and spermatogenesis in mice.

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Published in Genes Dev on November 01, 1998

Authors

X Dai1, C Schonbaum, L Degenstein, W Bai, A Mahowald, E Fuchs

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 USA.

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