Patterns of gene expression: Homology or homocracy?

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-154

  Nielsen, Claus ^a   Martinez, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene; Homocracy; Homology; Patterning

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037733116     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-003-0301-4     Document Type: Review

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