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Ets2 is expressed during morphogenesis of the somite and limb in the mouse embryo 165 Isthmin is a novel secreted protein expressed as part of the Fgf-8 synexpression group in the Xenopus midbrain–hindbrain organizer 169 Cloning and developmental expression of Baf57 in Xenopus laevis 177 Cloning and expression of Xenopus Prickle, an orthologue of a Drosophila planar cell polarity gene 183 The heart LIM protein gene (Hlp), expressed in the developing and adult heart, defines a new tissue-specific LIM-only protein family 187 The expression of neural-specific genes reveals the structural and molecular complexity of the planarian central nervous system 199 C. Cras-Méneur, R. Scharfmann (France) FGFR1-IIIb is a putative marker of pancreatic progenitor cells 205 The oculocutaneous albinism type IV gene Matp is a new marker of pigment cell precursors during mouse embryonic development 209 Differential expression of the Drosophila mitofusin genes fuzzy onions (fzo) and dmfn 213 M. Yamamoto, Y. Matsui (Japan) Testis-specific expression of a novel mouse defensin-like gene, Tdl 217 Novel SOX9 expression during human pancreas development correlates to abnormalities in Campomelic dysplasia 223 Expression of the chick vascular endothelial growth factor D gene during limb development 239 Cloning and expression of the mouse dual-specificity mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase phosphatase Mkp3 during mouse embryogenesis 243