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heterochronous .
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- adjective biology
occurring atdifferent times orintermittently
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This is called heterochronic ‘differently timed’ growth.
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This is called heterochronic ‘differently timed’ growth.
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Posttranscriptional regulation of the heterochronic gene lin-14 by lin-4 mediates temporal pattern formation in C. elegans.
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The C. elegans heterochronic gene lin-4 encodes small RNAs with antisense comlementarity to lin-14.
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Lee RC, Feinbaum RL, Ambros V (1993) The C. elegans heterochronic gene lin-4 encodes small RNAs with antisense complementarity to lin-14.
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Lee RC, Feinbaum RL, Ambros V (1993) The C. elegans heterochronic gene lin-4 encodes small RNAs with antisense complementarity to lin-14.
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Wightman B, Ha I, Ruvkun G (1993) Posttranscriptional regulation of the heterochronic gene lin-14 by lin-4 mediates temporal pattern formation in
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N, et al. (2008) Visual sensitivities tuned by heterochronic shifts in opsin gene expression.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Christopher M. Hofmann et al. 2009
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C. elegans heterochronic pathway between the let-7 regulatory RNA and the LIN-29 transcription factor.
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Thus, a threshold level of hox expression determines the onset of shh expression, and the subsequent heterochronic shift of Shh activity can affect the size of the fin endoskeleton.
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