Transcriptomic analysis of avian digits reveals conserved and derived digit identities in birds

Nature

Volumn 477, Issue 7366, 2011, Pages 583-587

  Wang, Zhe ^a   Young, Rebecca L ^a   Xue, Huiling ^b   Wagner, Günter P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIRD; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIMB; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEONTOLOGY; TRANSLOCATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WING;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICK EMBRYO; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HINDLIMB; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WING; ZINC FINGERS;

AVES;

EID: 80053381433     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10391     Document Type: Article

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