Cis-regulatory programs in the development and evolution of vertebrate paired appendages

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-39

  Gehrke, Andrew R ^a   Shubin, Neil H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental systems drift; Evo devo; Fin to limb; Gene regulation; Topological domain; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HOX PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8;

DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIMB; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84962094410     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.01.015     Document Type: Review

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