Evolution of the vertebrate jaw: Comparative embryology and molecular developmental biology reveal the factors behind evolutionary novelty

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 335-347

  Kuratani, Shigeru ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolutionary novelty; Hox genes; Jaw; Lamprey; Neural crest; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; GILL; JAW; LAMPREY; MANDIBLE; MESENCHYME CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; THELAZIA; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE INTERACTION; TOPOGRAPHY; UPPER LIP; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HUMANS; JAW; MORPHOGENESIS;

PETROMYZONTIDAE; TRABECULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 10444240300     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00345.x     Document Type: Review

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