Genetic and developmental basis of evolutionary pelvic reduction in threespine sticklebacks

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6984, 2004, Pages 717-723

  Shapiro, Michael D ^a   Marks, Melissa E ^a   Peichel, Catherine L ^b   Blackman, Benjamin K ^a   Nereng, Kirsten S ^a   Jónsson, Bjarni ^c   Schluter, Dolph ^d   Kingsley, David M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c HÓLAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; GENES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MAPPING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

PELVIC REDUCTION; PELVIC-REDUCED FISH; PELVIC-REDUCED STICKELBACK;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENETIC VARIATION; SKELETON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HINDLIMB; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HINDLIMB; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PELVIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 1942455815     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02415     Document Type: Article

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