Hox gene loss during dynamic evolution of the nematode cluster

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-40

  Aboobaker, A Aziz ^a   Blaxter, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; EGL 5 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EGL-5 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037425585     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01399-4     Document Type: Article

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