Taste bud development and patterning in sighted and blind morphs of Astyanax mexicanus

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3056-3064

  Varatharasan, Nirupa ^a   Croll, Roger P ^a   Franz Odendaal, Tamara ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavefish; Evo devo; Gustatory system; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTYANAX MEXICANUS; BASAL CELL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FISH; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE BUD;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE; FISHES; JAW; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TASTE BUDS;

AMBLYOPSIDAE; ASTYANAX MEXICANUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 70949084095     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22144     Document Type: Article

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