Role of mef2ca in developmental buffering of the zebrafish larval hyoid dermal skeleton

Developmental Biology

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-199

  DeLaurier, April ^a,c   Huycke, Tyler R ^a,d   Nichols, James T ^a   Swartz, Mary E ^a,e   Larsen, Ashlin ^a   Walker, Charline ^a   Dowd, John ^a   Pan, Luyuan ^b   Moens, Cecilia B ^b   Kimmel, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Canalization; Developmental instability; Mef2c; Osteoblast; Pharyngeal arch; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BRANCHIOSTEGAL RAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL HYOID BONE; DEVELOPMENTAL BUFFERING; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HYOID BONE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MEF2CA GENE; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERCLE; OSTEOBLAST; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

CANALIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL INSTABILITY; MEF2C; OSTEOBLAST; PHARYNGEAL ARCH; SKELETON;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; LARVA; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84891624065     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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