The evolution of the eye is a matter of debate ever since Darwin's Origin of Species. While
morphological comparisons of eye anatomy and photoreceptor cell types led to the view that …

Background Basic helix-loop-helix and homeodomain transcription factors have been
shown to specify all different neuronal cell subtypes composing the vertebrate retina. The …

Recent studies on vertebrate eye development have focused on the molecular mechanisms
of specification of different retinal cell types during development. Only a limited number of …

BarH (Barhl) genes encode for highly conserved homeodomain-containing transcription
factors involved in critical functions during development, including cell fate specification …

This thesis deals with the origin of the photosensory and neurosecretory cell types in the
bilaterian brain. As the main experimental system, I used the annelid Platynereis dumerilii …

The identification of a gene related to Drosophila ind/vertebrate Gsx and its expression in an
axially-restricted manner implied that homologs of vnd/Nkx2. 1 and msh/Msx-genes known …

Promoting the regeneration or survival of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) is one focus of
regenerative medicine. Homeobox Barhl transcription factors might be instrumental in these …

Characterisation of homologs of nervous system patterning genes in the staghorn coral,
Acropora millepora (Cnidaria; Anthozoa; S Page 1 This file is part of the following reference: de …

During embryonic development of vision, newly formed retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in the
developing eye send axons over long distances and complex anatomic terrain in order to …