A role of Ultrabithorax in morphological differences between Drosophila species

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6710, 1998, Pages 463-466

  Stern, David L ^a,b  

^a CRC Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMUR; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THORAX;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032480981     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/24863     Document Type: Article

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