This temporal contribution of maternal cholesterol is highly significant because maternal cholesterol appears to be sufficient to promote effective Shh signaling at 2 and 3 dpf and is able to prevent significant morphological abnormalities from occurring very early in development.
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Functional analysis of the zebrafish ortholog of HMGCS1 reveals independent functions for cholesterol and isoprenoids in craniofacial development.
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