Evolution of the chelicera: A dachshund domain is retained in the deutocerebral appendage of Opiliones (Arthropoda, Chelicerata)

Evolution and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 522-533

  Sharma, Prashant P ^a   Schwager, Evelyn E ^a   Extavour, Cassandra G ^a   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARACHNID; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; SPIDER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIMB; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; OPILIONES; PHALANGIUM OPILIO;

EID: 84868701011     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ede.12005     Document Type: Article

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