Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 3 September 2004:
Vol. 305. no. 5689, p. 1383
DOI: 10.1126/science.305.5689.1383
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

News of the Week

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:
Bonemaking Protein Shapes Beaks of Darwin's Finches

Elizabeth Pennisi

Two research teams reporting on pages 1462 and 1465 have discovered that a protein normally associated with the development of the skull and other bones is one of the molecules that tailors the shapes of beaks.

Read the Full Text


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
The Cells that Fill the Bill: Neural Crest and the Evolution of Craniofacial Development.
A.H. Jheon and R.A. Schneider (2009)
Journal of Dental Research 88, 12-21
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »


To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)