Appendage patterning in the South American bird spider Acanthoscurria geniculata (Araneae: Mygalomorphae)

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 189-198

  Pechmann, Matthias ^a   Prpic, Nikola Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appendage development; Patterning genes; Rudiments; Spiders; Spinnerets

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LIMB BUD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PHYLOGENY; SPIDERS;

ACANTHOSCURRIA; ARANEAE; ARANEOMORPHAE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI; MYGALOMORPHAE; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 67349236654     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-009-0279-7     Document Type: Article

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