How to tweak a beak: Molecular techniques for studying the evolution of size and shape in Darwin's finches and other birds

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Schneider, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CALMODULIN;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; BEAK; BIRD; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DNA MICROARRAY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FINCH; GENE EXPRESSION; GNETOPHYTA; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEAK; BIRDS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CALMODULIN; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 33846570290     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20517     Document Type: Review

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