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You have done deep sequencingon somites and found a new tyrosine kinase transmembrane receptor(takky). You want to know whether it is specificallyinvolved in somite boundary formation.

(a) Propose an experimentor series of experiments that would test a role for takky inthis process. What would you expect the outcome to be? What wouldyou use for controls?

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