Researchers find that clasper development in male skates is controlled by hormonal regulation of the Shh pathway

Monday, May 4, 2015 - 08:00 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with affiliations to the University of Florida and Howard Hughes Medical Institute has found that clasper development in skates is controlled by hormones that regulate the Sonic hedgehog (Shh) pathway. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the team describes how they studied early development in skates which led to their discovery.

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