Homology of Hox Genes and the Zootype Concept in Early Metazoan Evolution

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 375-381

  Schierwater, Bernd ^a,b   Kuhn, Kerstin ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COELENTERATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SCYPHOZOA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CNIDARIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYDRA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SCYPHOZOA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032085674     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0489     Document Type: Article

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