An adaptation is a characteristic that enhances the survival or reproduction of organisms that bear it.

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Noggin binds to BMP4 and BMP2 and inhibits their binding to receptors

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Noggin is a secreted protein that is able to accomplish two of the major functions of the organizer:  It induces dorsal ectoderm to form neural tissue It dorsalizes mesoderm cells that contribute to the ventral mesoderm

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Chordin is the one most acutely activated by β-catenin. Like Noggin, Chordin binds directly to BMP4 and BMP2 and prevents their complexing with their receptor

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Antisense morpholinos to eliminate three BMP antagonists (Noggin, Chordin, and Follistatin) in Xenopus. The resulting embryos had catastrophic failure of dorsal development and lacked neural plates and dorsal mesoderm

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In Drosophila, 

BMP homologue Decapentaplegic (Dpp) nd dorsal mesoderm

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In Drosophila, Sog protein is a homologue of Chordin.