Developmental patterning and evolution of the mammalian viscerocranium: Genetic insights into comparative morphology

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-155

  Kuratani, Shigeru ^a   Matsuo, Isao ^a   Aizawa, Shinichi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative embryology; Cranium; Evolution; Homeobox genes; Mandibular arch; Pharyngeal arch; Trabecula

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HOMEOBOX; MAMMAL; MANDIBLE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SKULL;

MAMMALIA; TRABECULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030977887     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199706)209:2<139::AID-AJA1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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