Evidence that mechanisms of fin development evolved in the midline of early vertebrates

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7106, 2006, Pages 1033-1037

  Freitas, Renata ^a   Zhang, GuangJun ^a   Cohn, Martin J ^a,b  

^a Department of Zoology University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; CELLS; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

GENETIC PROGRAMS; GNATHOSTOMES; MESODERM; VERTEBRATES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN HOXD; PROTEIN TBX18; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKER; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOX GENE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREY; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

CHONDRICHTHYES; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748305741     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04984     Document Type: Article

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