Snakes and ladders: The ups and downs of animal segmentation

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-166

  Bhat, Ramray ^a   Newman, Stuart A ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metamerism; Plasticity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

ANCESTRY; ARTHROPOD; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SEGMENTATION; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EVOLUTION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SNAKES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 69249188055     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-009-0017-3     Document Type: Article

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