Article
[Genetic control of limb development].
Annales de genetique - 1 Jan 1996
Hérault Y, Duboule D
Abstract excerpt
Vertebrate limbs are an amazing example of successful adaptation to various environmental conditions. In higher vertebrates, forelimbs help to fly, swim, walk, dig, grasp or play the Passacaille, yet their basic structure (the sequence and spatial arrangement of bony elements) is always the same....
Topics
- Animals
- Chick Embryo
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Extremities
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Homeobox
- Hand Deformities, Congenital
- Limb Buds
- Mutation