Bmp4 and morphological variation of beaks in Darwin's finches

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5689, 2004, Pages 1462-1465

  Abzhanov, Arhat ^a   Protas, Meredith ^a   Grant, B Rosemary ^b   Grant, Peter R ^b   Tabin, Clifford J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAKS; CHICKEN EMBRYOS;

ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BROXURIDINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GROWTH FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

BIRD; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BEAK; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BEAK; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; ECTODERM; EPITHELIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; ERINACEIDAE; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; GEOSPIZA; GEOSPIZA MAGNIROSTRIS; PASSERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444358439     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1098095     Document Type: Article

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24. We thank field assistants J. Chavez, G. Castaneda, O. Perez, F. Brown, and A. Aitkhozhina; the Charles Darwin Research Station and The Galápagos National Park for permits and logistical support; M. Kirschner for discussions that led to the inception of this project; and P. Wu and C.-M. Chuong for sharing data before submission. A.A. was supported by the Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation Fellowship, grant DRG1618. This project was funded by NIH grant PO1 DK56246 to C.J.T.