Positional information and reaction-diffusion: Two big ideas in developmental biology combine

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1203-1211

  Green, Jeremy B A ^a   Sharpe, James ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological pattern; Developmental biology; History of ideas; Reaction diffusion

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIFFUSION; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930693669     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.114991     Document Type: Article

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