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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Gallus gallus
SUBMITTER: Zhe Wang
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-28156 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Wang Zhe Z Young Rebecca L RL Xue Huiling H Wagner Günter P GP
Nature 20110904 7366
Morphological characters are the result of developmental gene expression. The identity of a character is ultimately grounded in the gene regulatory network directing development and thus whole-genome gene expression data can provide evidence about character identity. This approach has been successfully used to assess cell-type identity. Here we use transcriptomic data to address a long-standing uncertainty in evolutionary biology, the identity of avian wing digits. Embryological evidence clearly ...[more]