Molecular shaping of the beak

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5689, 2004, Pages 1465-1466

  Wu, Ping ^a   Jiang, Ting Xin ^a   Suksaweang, Sanong ^a   Widelitz, Randall Bruce ^a   Chuong, Cheng Ming ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKEN BEAKS; EVOLUTIONARY DIVERSIFICATION;

BONE; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEINS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; NOGGIN;

BIRD; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BEAK; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; DEVELOPMENT; DUCK; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BEAK; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DUCKS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444286099     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1098109     Document Type: Article

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