An autopodial-like pattern of Hox expression in the fins of a basal actinopterygian fish

Nature

Volumn 447, Issue 7143, 2007, Pages 473-476

  Davis, Marcus C ^a   Dahn, Randall D ^a   Shubin, Neil H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETON; TELEOST; TETRAPOD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FISH; FOSSIL; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYODON SPATHULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELEOST;

OSTEICHTHYES; POLYODON; POLYODON SPATHULA; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 34249337760     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05838     Document Type: Article

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