Comparative development. Seeing eye to eye

Curr Biol. 1994 Dec 1;4(12):1155-7. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00262-1.

Abstract

Comparative studies of homologous developmental genes in mouse and Drosophila are suggesting that organs in these species may have closer evolutionary relationships than was hitherto suspected.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Evolution
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / physiology
  • Drosophila
  • Eye / embryology*
  • Eye Proteins
  • Homeodomain Proteins*
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • PAX6 Transcription Factor
  • Paired Box Transcription Factors
  • Repressor Proteins

Substances

  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Eye Proteins
  • Homeodomain Proteins
  • PAX6 Transcription Factor
  • PAX6 protein, human
  • Paired Box Transcription Factors
  • Pax6 protein, mouse
  • Repressor Proteins