Colony integration and the expression of the Hox gene, Cnox-2, in Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-62

  Cartwright, Paulyn ^a,b   Buss, Leo W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; HOX GENE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS;

HYDRACTINIA SYMBIOLONGICARPUS;

EID: 0033561242     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990415)285:1<57::AID-JEZ7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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