Evolution of Hox genes

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue , 1994, Pages 423-442

  Ruddle, Frank H ^a   Bartels, Janet L ^a   Bentley, Kevin L ^a   Kappen, Claudia ^b   Murtha, Michael T ^c   Pendleton, John W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c CURAGEN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

development; genome duplication; homeobox; metazoans; phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; HOMEOBOX; HOX GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

METAZOA;

EID: 0028557132     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ge.28.120194.002231     Document Type: Review

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