Extensive zygotic control of the anteroposterior axis in the wasp Nasonia vitripennis

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 701-710

  Pultz, Mary Anne ^a   Pitt, Jason N ^a,b   Alto, Neal M ^a,c  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal A; caudal; Drosophila; engrailed; hunchback; Nasonia; Ultrabithorax; Zygotic control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASP; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENES, RECESSIVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE; WASPS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; NASONIA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0032969186     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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