Is the evolution of Cnox-2 Hox/ParaHox genes "multicolored" and "polygenealogical?"

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 374-378

  Schierwater, Bernd ^a,b,c   Dellaporta, Stephen ^b   DeSalle, Rob ^c  

^a ITZ   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; METAZOA; PLACOZOA;

EID: 0036380494     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00238-5     Document Type: Article

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