Why do almost all mammals have seven cervical vertebrae? Developmental constraints, Hox genes, and cancer

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-26

  Galis, Frietson ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOBOX; MAMMAL; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MAMMALS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033561047     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990415)285:1<19::AID-JEZ3>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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