Common ground plans in early brain development in mice and flies

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-259

  Arendt, Detlev ^a,b   Nübler Jung, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECTS; MICE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030111396     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180314     Document Type: Article

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