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Body Segment Specification

Body Segment Specification is a developmental biological process that belongs to the class of morphogenetic mechanisms, distinguished by its role in establishing the spatial identity and functional differentiation of contiguous segments along the anterior-posterior axis of the body during embryogenesis.

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Control of segment number in vertebrate embryos

Céline Gomez, Ertuğrul M. Özbudak, Joshua P. Wunderlich et al. · Nature · 2008 · 451 citations

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The orthodenticle gene is regulated by bicoid and torso and specifies Drosophila head development

Robert Finklstein, Norbert Perrimon · Nature · 1990 · 261 citations

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cappuccino and spire: two unique maternal-effect loci required for both the anteroposterior and dorsoventral patterns of the Drosophila embryo.

Lynn Manseau, Trudi Schüpbach · Genes & Development · 1989 · 248 citations · Full text

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A gene involved in the development of the posterior body region of C. elegans

Cynthia Kenyon · Cell · 1986 · 238 citations

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Segmental organisation of the head in the embryo of Drosophila melanogaster

Gerd J�rgens, Ruth Lehmann, Margit Schardin et al. · Development Genes and Evolution · 1986 · 196 citations · Full text

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  1. WM
    William McGinnis

    University of California San Diego, United States

    3 publications · 161 citations

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    Stephen Kerridge

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 210 citations

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  3. NP
    Norbert Perrimon

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 310 citations

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    Wim G.M. Damen

    University of Cologne, Germany

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  5. JE
    Jane E. Mee

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 21 citations

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    818 citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    641 citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    3 h-index

    24 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    700 citations

  6. Cancer Research UK

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    711 citations

  7. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    42 citations

  8. Wesleyan University

    Middletown, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

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  1. Development

    12 publications · 866 citations

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  3. Nature

    3 publications · 733 citations

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  4. Evolution & Development

    3 publications · 90 citations

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  5. Genes & Development

    3 publications · 384 citations

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