Adaptive evolution of HoxA-11 and HoxA-13 at the origin of the uterus in mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1554, 2004, Pages 2201-2207

  Lynch, Vincent J ^a   Roth, Jutta J ^a,b   Takahashi, Kazuhiko ^a,c   Dunn, Casey W ^a   Nonaka, Daisuke F ^a,d   Stopper, Geffrey F ^a   Wagner, Günter P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UCSF Prostate Cancer Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Hox genes; Natural selection; Origin of mammals; Uterus

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HOMEOBOX PROTEIN HOXA13; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOXA11 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PRIMER DNA;

ANATOMY; MAMMAL; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HOX GENE; HOXA 11 GENE; HOXA 13 GENE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UTERUS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 16644363392     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2848     Document Type: Article

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