Species differences in early patterning of the avian brain

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 907-911

  McGowan, Luke ^a   Kuo, Eric ^b   Martin, Arnaud ^b   Monuki, Edwin S ^b   Striedter, Georg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; Brain evolution; Brain patterning; Evo devo; Midbrain

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; BRAIN; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MESENCEPHALON; ORGAN SIZE; PARAKEET; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; QUAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; ORGAN SIZE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PARAKEETS; QUAIL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; GALLIFORMES; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; PHASIANIDAE; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 79952064820     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01126.x     Document Type: Article

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