Hox genes and chordate evolution

Developmental Biology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 382-395

  Holland, Peter W H ^a   Garcia Fernàndez, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORDATA; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0343090200     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0034     Document Type: Review

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