Tempo and mode of even-skipped stripe 2 enhancer evolution in Drosophila

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 583-592

  Kreitman, Martin ^a   Ludwig, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Even skipped; Regulatory evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001578051     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1996.0072     Document Type: Article

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