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The embryonic expression patterns of 80% of the 1,388 genes that display restricted expression, and were therefore annotated in our database, are described by a unique set of annotation terms.
All ALMs that showed defects in axon morphology were anterior to position 6. Perhaps ALMs positioned anterior to position 6 sometimes fail to find their normal axon guidance cues.
But weren't these the arguments for affirmative action in the first place?
Importantly, genes previously predicted to be the result of HGT events were identified by, and passed through, the phylogenetic filter (see below).
"Elegantly dressed women had to squat and urinate in shop doorways because there were no facilities," one correspondent wrote.