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Eric H. Davidson

Researcher at California Institute of Technology

Publications -  455
Citations -  49098

Eric H. Davidson is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gene & Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. The author has an hindex of 106, co-authored 454 publications receiving 47058 citations. Previous affiliations of Eric H. Davidson include Carnegie Institution for Science & Institute for Systems Biology.

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Gene Regulation for Higher Cells: A Theory

Roy J. Britten, +1 more
- 25 Jul 1969 - 
TL;DR: Direct support for the idea that regulation of gene activity underlies cell differentiation comes from evidence that much of the genome in higher cell types is inactive and that different ribonucleic acids are synthesized in different cell types.
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A Genomic Regulatory Network for Development

TL;DR: A gene regulatory network that controls the specification of endoderm and mesoderm in the sea urchin embryo is summarized here and reveals specific and general aspects of development, such as how given cells generate their ordained fates in the embryo and why the process moves inexorably forward in developmental time.