A phylogenetic tree of the Wnt genes based on all available full-length sequences, including five from the cephalochordate amphioxus

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1896-1903

  Schubert, Michael ^a,c   Holland, Linda Z ^a   Holland, Nicholas D ^a   Jacobs, David K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Branchiostoma floridae; Gene duplications; Lancelet; Protochordates; Wnt gene tree

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

AMPHIOXUS;

EID: 0033635089     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026291     Document Type: Article

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