Comparative analysis of Pax-6 sequence and expression in the eye development of the blind cave fish Astyanax fasciatus and its epigean conspecific

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-308

  Behrens, Maik ^a   Langecker, Thomas G ^b   Wilkens, Horst ^b   Schmale, Hartwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astyanax fasciatux; cave fish; eye development; Pax 6; regressive evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; DNA BINDING; EYE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FISH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMBLYOPSIDAE; ANIMALIA; ASTYANAX; ASTYANAX FASCIATUS; ASTYANAX MEXICANUS; CHARACIDAE; DANIO RERIO; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0031048083     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025765     Document Type: Article

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