Double-segment defining role of even-skipped homologs along the evolution of insect pattern formation

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 515-522

  Xu, Xin ^a,b   Xu, Pin Xian ^a,c   Amanai, Kazuhito ^a,d   Suzuki, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Even skipped gene; Gap genes; In situ hybridization; Molecular evolution; Pair rule genes; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INSECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BOMBYX; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030847615     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.t01-3-00013.x     Document Type: Article

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