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Do we know anything about how left–right asymmetry is first established in the vertebrate embryo?

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The author thanks Kyle Vogan and Hiroshi Hamada for important comments on the views expressed in this perspective as well as for suggestions relating to the text, and Martin Blum for sharing data in advance of publication.

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The University of Queensland Essay in Developmental Biology for 2005

The University of Queensland is proud to announce that its author for the 2005 Essay in Developmental Biology is Professor Cliff Tabin from Harvard University. This year the Editors of the Journal of Molecular Histology, Professor’s Brian Key and Ismo Virtanen, have kindly agreed to publish this esteemed essay. This essay is sponsored by the Developmental Biology Program in the Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences (http://www.bacs.uq.edu.au/) at the University of Queensland. The essay recognizes innovative thought in the field of Developmental Biology and is intended to both provoke and inspire our young scientists.

Cliff Tabin is a world-renown developmental biologist based in the Department of Genetics at the Harvard Medical School (http://genetics.med.harvard.edu/~tabin/). His research spans a variety of disciplines and exhibits considerable depth and insight into some of the most pertinent questions in the field. Cliff is a plenary lecturer at this year’s 15th International Society of Developmental Biologists Congress in Sydney, Australia.

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Tabin, C. Do we know anything about how left–right asymmetry is first established in the vertebrate embryo?. J Mol Hist 36, 317–323 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10735-005-9000-y

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