Problem:
You are examining an embryo that a colleague brought to show you. This embryo expresses a reporter gene (e.g., luciferase or gfp) to monitor the levels of hairy1 expression. You observe that the cycles of hairy1 expression are significantly shorter in length than in the chick embryos that you have worked with in the past.
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Question: Predict how shorter cycles of hairy1 expression would affect somite formation.
so any suggestions should ideally aid in this goal.