Hox Genes as Synchronized Temporal Regulators: Implications for Morphological Innovation

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Crawford, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY PATTERNING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PERIODICITY; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0038439506     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.2     Document Type: Review

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