Heterochrony in the regulation of the developing marsupial limb

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 324-338

  Chew, Keng Yih ^a   Shaw, Geoffrey ^a,b   Yu, Hongshi ^a,b   Pask, Andrew J ^a,b   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterochrony; Marsupial limb; Species specific differences

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; FGF8 GENE; FORELIMB; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HINDLIMB; KANGAROO; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PITX1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHH GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TBX4 GENE; TBX5 GENE;

DIDELPHIDAE; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

HETEROCHRONY; MARSUPIAL LIMB; SPECIES-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA PRIMERS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB BUDS; MACROPODIDAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 84892675299     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24062     Document Type: Article

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