Hox, ParaHox, ProtoHox: Facts and guesses

Heredity

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-152

  Garcia Fernandez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilaterians; Evo Devo; Gene clusters; Gene duplication; Hox evolution; Metazoan transitions

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; METAZOAN;

ANIMAL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; INVERTEBRATES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES;

BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13444267968     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800621     Document Type: Review

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