[Multiple role of hedgehog genes in vertebrates: data from analysis of mutations].

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[Multiple role of hedgehog genes in vertebrates: data from analysis of mutations].

Ontogenez - 1 Jan 2000

Korzh V P

Abstract excerpt

Hedgehog (hh) gene has been discovered in Drosophila as result of the now famous screen for embryonic mutants in Drosophila performed by Dr. Christianne Nusslein-Volhard and her Ph.D. student Eric Wieschaus in 1980 in Tubingen, Germany (Nusslein-Volhard and Wieschaus, 1980). Due to recognition of...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Body Patterning
Drosophila
Embryonic Induction
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Genes, Insect
Genes, Lethal
Mutation
Vertebrates

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