Module-based complexity formation: Periodic patterning in feathers and hairs

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-112

  Chuong, Cheng Ming ^a   Yeh, Chao Yuan ^a   Ting Xin, Jiang ^a   Widelitz, Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NOGGIN;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL REGENERATION; FEATHER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; MESENCHYME; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; FEATHERS; HAIR; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84886291351     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.74     Document Type: Article

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