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Morphogen

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morphogen /mor·pho·gen/ (mor´fah-jen) a substance in embryonic tissue that forms a concentration gradient and influences morphogenesis.
morphogen
[môr′fəjen]
1 a soluble substance that controls the embryonic differentiation of a cell or tissue.
2 a substance secreted by one group of cells that causes a specific change in the growth and differentiation of a different group.
Hedgehog Protein
Any of a class of signalling molecules that are critical to development in vertebrate embryology
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