Conservation of the segmented germband stage: Robustness or pleiotropy?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 504-509

  Galis, Frietson ^a   Van Dooren, Tom J M ^a   Metz, Johan A J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; INSECTS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036803305     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(02)02739-7     Document Type: Review

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