title: Morphological diversity: taking the spine out of three-spine stickleback.
abstract: A gene already known to play a crucial developmental role in chick and mouse embryos has been fingered as a candidate for naturally occurring variation in three-spine stickleback anatomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Wellcome Trust Biocentre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK. c.a.tickle@dundee.ac.uk
authors.forename: Cheryll
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tickle
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005121:Extremities / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051761:Paired Box Transcription Factors; D010641:Phenotype; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D051761:Paired Box Transcription Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors; C101485:homeobox protein PITX1