Embryonic genoarchitecture of the pretectum in Xenopus laevis: A conserved pattern in tetrapods

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1024-1050

  Morona, Ruth ^a   Ferran, Jose L ^b   Puelles, Luis ^b   González, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Development; Diencephalon; Evolution; Homology; Molecular

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 79951801459     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22548     Document Type: Article

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