Maternal-effect genes as the recording genes of Turing-Child patterns: Sequential compartmentalization in Drosophila

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 16-32

  Schiffmann, Yoram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bioelectricity; Drosophila; Fate map; Homeotic transformation; Mitochondria; Planaria; Regenerative medicine; Sea urchin; Spontaneous self organization; Turing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC;

AMPHIBIA; ECHINOIDEA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 84861778165     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2012.04.005     Document Type: Review

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