Current opinion in genetics & development, 1995-10, Vol.5 (5), p.602-609
1995
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- New perspectives on eye evolution
- Ist Teil von
- Current opinion in genetics & development, 1995-10, Vol.5 (5), p.602-609
- Ort / Verlag
- England: Elsevier Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 1995
- Quelle
- Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect (DFG Nationallizenzen)
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- The highly complex eyes of vertebrates, insects and molluscs have long been considered to be of independent evolutionary origin. Recently, however, Pax-6, a highly conserved transcription factor, has been identified as a key regulator of eye development in both mammals and flies. Homologues of Pax-6 have also been identified in species from other phyla, including molluscs. The wide variety of eyes in the animal kingdom may, therefore, have evolved from a single ancestral photosensitive organ.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0959-437XeISSN: 1879-0380DOI: 10.1016/0959-437X(95)80029-8Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_77749945
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Animals, Biological Evolution, Brain - physiology, DNA-Binding Proteins - biosynthesis, DNA-Binding Proteins - genetics, Drosophila, Eye - anatomy & histology, Eye Proteins, Homeodomain Proteins, Humans, Insecta, Mammals, Models, Biological, Mollusca, Ocular Physiological Phenomena, Paired Box Transcription Factors, PAX6 Transcription Factor, Photoreceptor Cells - anatomy & histology, Photoreceptor Cells - physiology, Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate - anatomy & histology, Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate - physiology, Repressor Proteins, Transcription Factors - biosynthesis, Transcription Factors - genetics, Vertebrates, Visual Pathways - anatomy & histology, Visual Pathways - physiology