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How do skin cells know how to not be an eye cell?

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A cell in an early embryo (B) may need to know absolute location with respect to one or the other end of the embryo so that it differentiates into a spatially appropriate cell type, whereas a cell in a tissue undergoing branching morphogenesis (C) may need to know only the rough location with respect to the nearest branch point or vessel. read more