Probing the Drosophila retinal determination gene network in Tribolium (I): The early retinal genes dachshund, eyes absent and sine oculis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 202-214

  Yang, Xiaoyun ^a   ZarinKamar, Nazanin ^a   Bao, Riyue ^a   Friedrich, Markus ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dachshund; Evolution of development; Eye development; Eyes absent; Gene regulatory network; Pigment rim; Sine oculis; Tribolium

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EYA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TOY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRIBOLIUM;

HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 68349141066     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.02.040     Document Type: Article

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