Homology and developmental genes

Genes and homology

What is your favourite/least favourite conference? I don't have a favourite conference series, and I can only guess what my least favourite would be. The most exciting single conference that I ever attended took place in Soviet Armenia in 1971. It was entitled “Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence”. What made it memorable was the mix of bright and lively participants who covered eve...

Homology in Developmental Psychology

Introduction. Homology in developmental psychology.

Developmental variation, homology, and the pharyngula stage.

Understanding how development varies both inter- and intraspecifically can be important for systematic and evolutionary studies. This review will explore three different ways such understanding can be applied to evolutionary analyses. First, developmental data can be useful for homology determination. Interspecific variation in development has been thought to make developmental data poor candid...

Adipocyte P2 gene: developmental expression and homology of 5'-flanking sequences among fat cell-specific genes.

We have isolated the mouse gene encoding adipocyte P2, aP2, the differentiation-dependent adipocyte protein homologous to myelin P2. The aP2 gene is present in a single copy in the mouse and is present in single or few copies in species from human to Drosophila. The entire gene spans 4 kilobases and consists of four exons encoding 25, 57, 34, and 16 amino acids; the overall exon structure is si...