DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY: Morphing into Shape

doi:10.1126/science.1130785

Site Search

Account Information

Guest Alerts | Access Rights | My Account | Sign In

Site Navigation

Article Views

Article Tools

My Science

More Information

Related Jobs from ScienceCareers

Science 7 July 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5783, pp. 50 - 51
DOI: 10.1126/science.1130785

Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Perspectives

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:
Morphing into Shape

David L. Stern

Two appendages of the fly, the haltere and the wing, grow to very different sizes. Limited expression and mobility of a growth morphogen is partly responsible for this difference.

The author is in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. E-mail: dstern{at}princeton.edu

Read the Full Text

The editors suggest the following Related Resources on Science sites:

In Science Magazine

RESEARCH ARTICLES Hox Control of Organ Size by Regulation of Morphogen Production and Mobility: Michael A. Crickmore and Richard S. Mann (7 July 2006)
Science 313 (5783), 63. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1128650]
| Abstract » | Full Text » | PDF » | Supporting Online Material »

In Science Signaling

EDITORS' CHOICE
DEVELOPMENT
The Well-Dressed Fly: (11 July 2006)
Sci. STKE 2006 (343), tw232. [DOI: 10.1126/stke.3432006tw232]
| Abstract »

To Advertise | Find Products

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

You have reached the bottom of the page. Back to top

Site Tools

Site Search

Account Information