Developmental basis of limblessness and axial patterning in snakes

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6735, 1999, Pages 474-479

  Cohn, Martin J ^a,c   Tickle, Cheryll ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BOIDAE; CHICK EMBRYO; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; LIMB BUD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033519674     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20944     Document Type: Article

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