Studying the altered timing of physiological events during development: It's about time...or is it?

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-12

  Spicer, John I ^a   Rundle, Simon D ^a   Tills, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative developmental physiology; Fetal haemoglobin; Physiological heterochrony; Physiological heterokairy

Indexed keywords

EPSILON GLOBIN; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; HATCHING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HETEROCHRONY; HETEROKAIRY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SNAIL;

EID: 79960699540     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.06.005     Document Type: Review

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