Variation in Salamander Tail Regeneration Is Associated with Genetic Factors That Determine Tail Morphology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Voss, Gareth J ^a,b   Kump, D Kevin ^a   Walker, John A ^a   Voss, S Randal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Paul Laurence Dunbar High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SALAMANDER; TAIL; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; LOD SCORE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGENERATION; TAIL; URODELA;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84879742421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067274     Document Type: Article

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