Prox 1 in eye degeneration and sensory organ compensation during development and evolution of the cavefish Astyanax

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 223-230

  Jeffery, William R ^a,b   Strickler, Allen G ^a,b   Guiney, Stephanie ^b   Heyser, Deidre G ^a,b   Tomarev, Stanislav I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavefish; Eye development; Prox 1; Sensory organ compensation; Taste buds

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CRYSTALLIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DEGENERATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FISH; HEART; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HOMEOBOX; INTESTINE; LENS FIBER; MYOTOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SENSE ORGAN; TASTE BUD; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRYSTALLINS; DARKNESS; EVOLUTION; EYE; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSE ORGANS; TASTE BUDS;

ANIMALIA; ASTYANAX; ASTYANAX MEXICANUS; FORBESICHTHYS AGASSIZII; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034051848     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050308     Document Type: Article

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