Developmental biology: A Rosetta stone for pattern formation in animals?

Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila

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

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Positional information and the spatial pattern of cellular differentiation

Lewis Wolpert · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1969 · 3.1K citations

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A conserved DNA sequence in homoeotic genes of the Drosophila Antennapedia and bithorax complexes

William McGinnis, Michael Levine, Ernst Hafen et al. · Nature · 1984 · 1.1K citations

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A homologous protein-coding sequence in drosophila homeotic genes and its conservation in other metazoans

William McGinnis, Richard L. Garber, Johannes Wirz et al. · Cell · 1984 · 951 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +14

Structural relationships among genes that control development: sequence homology between the Antennapedia, Ultrabithorax, and fushi tarazu loci of Drosophila.

Matthew P. Scott, Amy J. Weiner · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1984 · 783 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Genetics +13