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Pichaud, F. (2013). Neuron survival: say it with Flowers.  Curr. Biol. 23(14): R613--R615.
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The Flower protein family is part of a cell-cell communication pathway that regulates cell competition, in which fit cells eliminate less fit neighbors. A new study demonstrates that this pathway can also govern the culling of unwanted neurons during development.
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"Fitness fingerprints" mediate physiological culling of unwanted neurons in Drosophila.
Merino et al., 2013, Curr. Biol. 23(14): 1300--1309 [FBrf0222207]

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    Language of Publication
    English
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    Abbreviation
    Curr. Biol.
    Title
    Current Biology
    Publication Year
    1991-
    ISBN/ISSN
    0960-9822
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