Two orthodenticle-related genes in the short-germ beetle Tribolium castaneum

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-45

  Li, Yuebing ^a   Brown, Susan J ^b   Hausdorf, Bernhard ^c   Tautz, Diethard ^c   Denell, Robin E ^b   Finkelstein, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Homeobox gene; Orthodenticle; Pattern formation; Tribolium head development

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BLASTODERM; BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0029802497     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050028     Document Type: Article

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