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				R. Anderson and B Key Novel guidance cues during neuronal pathfinding in the early scaffold of axon tracts in the rostral brain Development, January 5, 1999; 126(9): 1859 - 1868. [Abstract] [PDF]

				C. Heisenberg, C Brennan, and S. Wilson Zebrafish aussicht mutant embryos exhibit widespread overexpression of ace (fgf8) and coincident defects in CNS development Development, January 5, 1999; 126(10): 2129 - 2140. [Abstract] [PDF]

				Z Kozmik, N. Holland, A Kalousova, J Paces, M Schubert, and L. Holland Characterization of an amphioxus paired box gene, AmphiPax2/5/8: developmental expression patterns in optic support cells, nephridium, thyroid-like structures and pharyngeal gill slits, but not in the midbrain-hindbrain boundary region Development, January 3, 1999; 126(6): 1295 - 1304. [Abstract] [PDF]

				K. Ba-Charvet, Y von Boxberg, S Guazzi, E Boncinelli, and P Godement A potential role for the OTX2 homeoprotein in creating early 'highways' for axon extension in the rostral brain Development, January 11, 1998; 125(21): 4273 - 4282. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M Kobayashi, R Toyama, H Takeda, I. Dawid, and K Kawakami Overexpression of the forebrain-specific homeobox gene six3 induces rostral forebrain enlargement in zebrafish Development, January 8, 1998; 125(15): 2973 - 2982. [Abstract] [PDF]

				K Lun and M Brand A series of no isthmus (noi) alleles of the zebrafish pax2.1 gene reveals multiple signaling events in development of the midbrain-hindbrain boundary Development, January 8, 1998; 125(16): 3049 - 3062. [Abstract] [PDF]