Seven Hox gene sequences from the asterinid starfish Patiriella exigua (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 420, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-98

  Long, S C ^a   Morris, V B ^a   Byrne, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Echinoderms; Evolution of development; Hox genes; Patiriella exigua

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCING; HOMEOBOX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMER DNA;

ECHINODERM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS;

ASTEROIDEA; PATIRIELLA EXIGUA;

EID: 0034652522     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003937704788     Document Type: Article

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