Axial Patterning and Diversification in the Cnidaria Predate the Hox System

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 920-926

  Kamm, Kai ^a   Schierwater, Bernd ^a,b   Jakob, Wolfgang ^a   Dellaporta, Stephen L ^b   Miller, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DEVBIO; EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COELENTERATE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOBOX; HYDROZOA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; BODY PATTERNING; CNIDARIA; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HYDROZOA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; ELEUTHERIA; HYDROMEDUSA; NEMATOSTELLA;

EID: 33646481487     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.036     Document Type: Article

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