Morphogenic machines evolve more rapidly than the signals that pattern them: Lessons from amphibians

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-135

  Shook, David R ^a   Keller, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMPHIBIA; CHORDATA;

EID: 37748999957     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21204     Document Type: Review

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