Pax 6 - mastering eye morphogenesis and eye evolution

被引:524
作者
Gehring, WJ
Ikeo, K
机构
[1] Univ Basel, Biozentrum, Dept Cell Biol, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
[2] Natl Inst Genet, Ctr Informat Biol, Mishima, Yata 411, Japan
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10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01776-X
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Pax 6 genes from various animal phyla are capable of inducing ectopic eye development, indicating that Pax 6 is a master control gene for eye morphogenesis. It is proposed that the various eye-types found in metazoa are derived from a common prototype, monophyletically, by a mechanism called intercalary evolution.
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页码:371 / 377
页数:9
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