Isolation of Hox genes from the Scyphozoan Cassiopeia xamachana: Implications for the early evolution of Hox genes

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-75

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

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE DUPLICATION; GENE ISOLATION; HOX GENE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

CASSIOPEA XAMACHANA;

EID: 0033560966     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990415)285:1<63::AID-JEZ8>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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