A study comparing ultra-conserved elements between humans and Takifugu rubripes proposed an importance in vertebrate development.

D. rerio is a common and useful model organism for studies of vertebrate development and gene function.

Shrm4, a regulator of cyto-skeletal architecture that may play an important role in vertebrate development.

SOX2OT may play a role in vertebrate development.

Dr. Nusslein-Volhard and other scientists contend that to truly understand vertebrate development, one must study vertebrates.

Gravity affects all aspects of vertebrate development, including cell structure and function, organ system development, and even behavior.

"Things are changing and that is very encouraging," said Okamoto Hitoshi, an expert in vertebrate development who at 43 is a relatively young laboratory chief.

He decided on a career examining genetic control of vertebrate development.

Zebrafish, native to the streams of the south eastern Himalayan region, are commonly used as a model organism in studies of vertebrate development and gene function.

A sclerotome is part of a somite, a structure in vertebrate embryonic development.