Phylogenetic relationships and developmental expression of three sea urchin Wnt genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 809-819

  Ferkowicz, Michael J ^a,b   Stander, Mary C ^b   Raff, Rudolf A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echinoderm genes; Evolution of development; Sea urchin development; Wnt gene phylogeny; Wnt genes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031854598     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025986     Document Type: Article

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