Maintenance of functional equivalence during paralogous Hox gene evolution

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6770, 2000, Pages 661-665

  Greer, Joy M ^a   Puetz, John ^a   Thomas, Kirk R ^a   Capecchi, Mario R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; MICE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034628489     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35001077     Document Type: Article

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