Giant, Krüppel, and caudal act as gap genes with extensive roles in patterning the honeybee embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 200-211

  Wilson, Megan J ^a   Havler, Melanie ^a,b   Dearden, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axis formation; Evolution; Gap genes; Honeybee; Insect; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

CAUDAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GIANT TRANSCRIPTION PROTEIN; KRUPPEL TRANSCRIPTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HONEYBEE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77649188398     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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