Molecular shifts in limb identity underlie development of feathered feet in two domestic avian species

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue MARCH2016, 2016, Pages

  Domyan, Eric T ^a,e   Kronenberg, Zev ^b,f   Infante, Carlos R ^c,g   Vickrey, Anna I ^a   Stringham, Sydney A ^a   Bruders, Rebecca ^a   Guernsey, Michael W ^a,h   Park, Sungdae ^c   Payne, Jason ^d   Beckstead, Robert B ^d   Kardon, Gabrielle ^b   Menke, Douglas B ^c   Yandell, Mark ^a,b   Shapiro, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g The University of Arizona   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEATHERED FEET; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HINDLIMB; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGEON; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; FEATHER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COLUMBIDAE; FEATHERS; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HINDLIMB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84962211170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.12115     Document Type: Article

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