Changes in the pattern of Twisted gastrulation gene expression among Drosophila species

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 180-187

  Mason, Elizabeth D ^a   Marsh, J Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

D. melanogaster; D. mojavensis; D. simulans; D. subobscura; D. willistoni and D. virilis; Drosophila species; Evolution; Gene expression; Twisted gastrulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE ISOLATION; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTODERM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA MOJAVENSIS; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031937380     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006293     Document Type: Article

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