Zebrafish Hoxa and Evx-2 genes: Cloning, developmental expression and implications for the functional evolution of posterior Hox genes

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-175

  Sordino, Paolo ^a   Duboule, Denis ^a   Kondo, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analia genitalia; Development; Evx 2; Hox genes; Limb; Pectoral fins; Trunk

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HOX GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; OSTEICHTHYES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030273125     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4773(96)00587-4     Document Type: Article

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