Transcriptional heterochrony of scute and changes in bristle pattern between two closely related species of blowfly

Developmental Biology

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-45

  Skaer, Nick ^a   Pistillo, Daniela ^a   Simpson, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

achaete scute; Blowfly; Bristle pattern; Diptera; Heterochrony

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SCUTE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FLY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUPATION; SPECIES COMPARISON;

CALLIPHORA; CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORIDAE; CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; MICROCHAETE; PHORMIA; PROTOPHORMIA TERRAENOVAE;

EID: 0036436687     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0841     Document Type: Article

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