Gap genes and gradients--the logic behind the gaps.

doi:10.1002/bies.950130602

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Gap genes and gradients--the logic behind the gaps.

BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Jun 1991

Hülskamp M, Tautz D

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Gap genes stand at the top of the zygotic segmentation hierarchy in Drosophila. Their expression domains are set up by a combination of maternal regulatory signals and interactions among themselves. In addition, these regulatory pathways are partially redundantly specified by the maternal and zyg...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Gene Expression Regulation
Genes
Genes, Homeobox
Larva
Models, Genetic
Morphogenesis
Phenotype
Repressor Proteins
Transcription Factors
Zygote

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