Themes from a NASA workshop on gene regulatory processes in development and evolution

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 104-115

  Davidson, Eric H ^a   Ruvkun, Gary ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GOVERNMENT; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NASA DISCIPLINE GENERAL SPACE LIFE SCIENCES; NON-NASA CENTER; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

NASA DISCIPLINE GENERAL SPACE LIFE SCIENCES; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 0033567309     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990815)285:2<104::AID-JEZ2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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