A systematic analysis of the gap gene system in the moth midge Clogmia albipunctata

Developmental Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 306-318

  García Solache, Mónica ^a   Jaeger, Johannes ^a   Akam, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diptera; Even skipped; Evolution; Gene regulation; Nematocera; Pattern formation; Segment determination

Indexed keywords

EVEN SKIPPED PROTEIN; GIANT PROTEIN; HUCKEBEIN PROTEIN; HUNCHBACK PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; KNIRPS PROTEIN; TAILLESS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENETICS; MALE; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CLOGMIA; CLOGMIA ALBIPUNCTATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATOCERA;

EID: 77955057832     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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