The Role of Hox in Pisiform and Calcaneus Growth Plate Formation and the Nature of the Zeugopod/Autopod Boundary

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 326, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 303-321

  Reno, Philip L ^a   Kjosness, Kelsey M ^a   Hines, Jasmine E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOBOX PROTEIN HOXA13; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CALCANEUS; EMBRYOLOGY; EPIPHYSIS PLATE; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CALCANEUS; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GROWTH PLATE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE;

EID: 84982899038     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22688     Document Type: Article

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