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Somites are chevron-shaped only on the attached part of the trunk.
Recently, a mutant allele of the zebrafish deltaA ( dlA ) gene was identified and shown to cause formation of excess Rohon-Beard sensory neurons and decreased trunk neural crest progenitor cells [ 37, 38] and excess hair cells and decreased support cells in the ear [ 39].
Conditional misexpression of activated Notch in individual precursor cells of the trunk neural tube might provide a way to distinguish between these possibilities.
The ancient bronzes are covered with metamorphosing animal shapes--an elephant whose trunk has turned into a dragon, and whose legs are incised with tigers ("stucco'd with quadrupeds and birds all over," as Whitman wrote of himself).
They've revived an ailing dog ( ER 's Anthony Edwards), spent $700 nursing a rabbit back to health (actress Gretchen Mol), spearheaded efforts to free an inhumanely caged gorilla (Doris Day), and aided African elephants that suffer from "Floppy Trunk Syndrome," a malady that keeps the poor beasts from eating properly (Alicia Silverstone).