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Gehring, W. J.; Kuroiwa, A.; Hafen, E.; Levine, M. S.; McGinnis, W. (March 1984). "A conserved DNA sequence in homoeotic genes of the Drosophila Antennapedia and bithorax complexes".
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Walter, Niklaus (2002). "From Transdetermination to the Homeodomain at Atomic Resolution: An interview with Walter J. Gehring".
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as a master control gene for eye development, which led to a new theory about the monophyletic origin of the eyes in evolution.
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Gehring, WJ; Ikeo, K (September 1999). "Pax 6: mastering eye morphogenesis and eye evolution".
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White, P. C.; Mune, T.; Rogerson, F. M.; Kayes, K. M.; Agarwal, A. K. (1997).
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at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. He was Secretary General of the
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Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Gehring was also involved in the development and application of
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and 1972 returned to Switzerland to become a professor of
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which are involved in the genetic control of development.
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genetics and development, particularly in the analysis of
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Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
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trapping methods. He and his collaborators identified
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
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Walter J. Gehring

Zürich
Basel
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
Developmental Biologist
University of Zurich
Yale Medical School
Yale University
Biozentrum University of Basel
Biozentrum Basel
University of Basel
Ernst Hadorn
Alan Garen
Yale University
Yale Medical School
developmental biology
genetics
European Molecular Biology Organization
International Society of Developmental Biologists
Drosophila
cell determination
embryo
imaginal discs
heat shock genes
transposons
homeotic genes
William McGinnis
Michael S. Levine
homeobox

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