Historical perspective on the development and evolution of eyes and photoreceptors

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 707-717

  Gehring, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Divergence; Phytogeny; Prototype

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PAX 6 GENE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; POLYPHYLY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOTYPE; REVIEW; THEORY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRITURUS;

ANIMALIA; DARWINIA;

EID: 11144284638     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.041900wg     Document Type: Review

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