Commissure formation in the embryonic insect brain

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-77

  Boyan, George ^a   Reichert, Heinrich ^b   Hirth, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain; Commissures; Embryo; Genetic rescue; Hox genes; Insect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COM GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLY; GENE MUTATION; GRASSHOPPER; HOX GENE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

INSECTA;

EID: 0141858723     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1467-8039(03)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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