The centipede Strigamia maritima possesses a large complement of Wnt genes with diverse expression patterns

Evolution and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 127-138

  Hayden, Luke ^a,b   Arthur, Wallace ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Univ Lyon 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; LIGAND;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHILOPODA; GEOPHILOMORPHA; STRIGAMIA; STRIGAMIA MARITIMA;

INSECT PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; CHEMISTRY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84901194731     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ede.12073     Document Type: Article

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