Article
Zebrafish segmentation and pair-rule patterning.
Developmental genetics - 1 Jan 1998
van Eeden F J, Holley S A, Haffter P, Nüsslein-Volhard C
Abstract excerpt
Segmentation in the vertebrate embryo is evident within the paraxial mesoderm in the form of somites, which are repeated structures that give rise to the vertebrae and muscle of the trunk and tail. In the zebrafish, our genetic screen identified two groups of mutants that affect somite formation...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Patterning
- Drosophila
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Insect
- Genetic Linkage
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Somites
- Species Specificity
- Zebrafish