Axial patterning in snakes and caecilians: Evidence for an alternative interpretation of the Hox code

Developmental Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-89

  Woltering, Joost M ^a   Vonk, Freek J ^a   Müller, Hendrik ^b   Bardine, Nabila ^a,c   Tuduce, Ioana L ^c   de Bakker, Merijn A G ^a   Knöchel, Walter ^c   Sirbu, I Ovidiu ^c   Durston, Antony J ^a   Richardson, Michael K ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body plan evolution; Caecilian; Hox; Hox code; Snake

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SKELETON; SNAKE; VERTEBRA;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; SERPENTES;

EID: 67649878616     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.04.031     Document Type: Article

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