PUBLICATION
The evolution of vertebrate gastrulation
- Authors
- De Robertis, E.M., Fainsod, A., Gont, L.K., and Steinbeisser, H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-970102-7
- Date
- 1994
- Source
- Development (Cambridge, England) (Suppl.): 117-124 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- De Robertis, Eddy
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Biological Evolution*
- Chick Embryo
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Embryonic Induction/genetics*
- Embryonic and Fetal Development/genetics
- Fetal Proteins/genetics
- Gastrula/physiology*
- Gene Expression
- Genetic Markers
- Goosecoid Protein
- Homeodomain Proteins*
- Mesoderm/physiology
- Mice
- Repressor Proteins*
- T-Box Domain Proteins*
- Tail/embryology
- Transcription Factors*
- Vertebrates/embryology*
- Vertebrates/genetics
- Xenopus/genetics
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins
- PubMed
- 7579512
Citation
De Robertis, E.M., Fainsod, A., Gont, L.K., and Steinbeisser, H. (1994) The evolution of vertebrate gastrulation. Development (Cambridge, England). (Suppl.):117-124.
Abstract
The availability of molecular markers now permits the analysis of the common elements of vertebrate gastrulation. While gastrulation appears to be very diverse in the vertebrates, by analyzing a head-organizer marker, goosecoid, and a marker common to all forming mesoderm, Brachyury, we attempt to identify homologous structures and equivalent stages in Xenopus, zebrafish, chick and mouse gastrulation. Using a tail-organizer marker, Xnot-2, we also discuss how the late stages of gastrulation lead to the formation of the postanal tail, a structure characteristic of the chordates.
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Human Disease / Model
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