Axial variation in the threespine stickleback: Relationship to Hox gene expression

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 473-481

  Dae Gwon, Ahn ^a,b   Gibson, Greg ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial skeleton; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Hox code; Hox genes; Variation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SOMITE; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINE;

EID: 0344678344     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050280     Document Type: Article

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