Is there a link between changes in the vertebral 'hox code' and the shape of vertebrae? A quantitative study of shape change in the cervical vertebral column of mice

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-93

  Johnson, D R ^a   O'Higgins, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CERVICAL SPINE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030574238     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0204     Document Type: Article

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