French tradition and the rise of Evo-devo

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 149-153

  Morange, Michel ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Cytoplasm; Homeobox; Regulatory genes; Richard Goldschmidt; Selector genes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FRANCE; GENE CONTROL; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; OPERON; REGULATOR GENE;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FRANCE; GENETICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY;

EID: 36448936770     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-007-0014-8     Document Type: Article

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