Comparison of pretectal genoarchitectonic pattern between quail and chicken embryos

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue APRIL, 2011, Pages

  Merchán, Paloma ^a   Bardet, Sylvia M ^b   Puelles, Luis ^a   Ferran, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Commissural pretectum; Diencephalon; Forebrain; Galliformes; Juxtacommissural pretectum; Phasianidae; Precommissural pretectum; Prosomere 1

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3;

ARTICLE; BHLHB4 GENE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; DBX1 GENE; EBF1 GENE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GALLUS GALLUS; GATA3 GENE; GBX2 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIM1 GENE; MEIS1 GENE; MEIS2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAX3 GENE; PAX6 GENE; PRETECTUM; SIX3 GENE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAL2 GENE; TCF7L2 GENE;

EID: 84862987175     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00023     Document Type: Article

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