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Segmentation Genetics

Segmentation Genetics is a subfield of developmental genetics that investigates the genetic mechanisms governing the subdivision of the embryonic body into discrete segments during morphogenesis.

336

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46.1K

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901

Authors

312

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2017–2026

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336

Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila

Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard, Eric Wieschaus · Nature · 1980 · 4.4K citations

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A gene complex controlling segmentation in Drosophila

E. B. Lewis · Nature · 1978 · 3.9K citations

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Avian hairy Gene Expression Identifies a Molecular Clock Linked to Vertebrate Segmentation and Somitogenesis

Isabel Palmeirim, Domingos Henrique, David Ish‐Horowicz et al. · Cell · 1997 · 966 citations · Full text

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Sequence of a Drosophila segmentation gene: protein structure homology with DNA-binding proteins

Allen Laughon, Matthew P. Scott · Nature · 1984 · 678 citations

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Wnt3a Plays a Major Role in the Segmentation Clock Controlling Somitogenesis

Alexander Aulehla, Christian Wehrle, Beate Brand‐Saberi et al. · Developmental Cell · 2003 · 601 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. HJ
    Herbert Jäckle

    Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany

    14 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. DI
    David Ish‐Horowicz

    The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. DT
    Diethard Tautz

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany

    11 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. JP
    J. Peter Gergen

    Stony Brook University, United States

    10 publications · 1K citations

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  5. NH
    Nipam H. Patel

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    9 publications · 762 citations

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Institutions

312

  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    25 h-index

    63 publications

    6.6K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    20 h-index

    71 publications

    12.1K citations

  3. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    16 h-index

    65 publications

    13.8K citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    3.4K citations

  5. Inserm

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    50 publications

    8.7K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    2.7K citations

  7. University of Basel

    Basel, Switzerland

    11 h-index

    38 publications

    11.2K citations

  8. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    10 h-index

    30 publications

    1.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Development

    63 publications · 5.5K citations

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  2. Developmental Biology

    38 publications · 3.3K citations

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  3. Cell

    23 publications · 6.8K citations

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  4. Nature

    25 publications · 13.4K citations

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  5. Genes & Development

    22 publications · 2.5K citations

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