Ancient linkage of a POU class 6 and an anterior Hox-like gene in cnidaria: Implications for the evolution of homeobox genes

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 308, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 777-784

  Kamm, Kai ^a   Schierwater, Bernd ^a,b  

^a ITZ   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, HOMEOBOX; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHYLOGENY; POU DOMAIN FACTORS;

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; ELEUTHERIA DICHOTOMA; METAZOA; PROSPERO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36349000203     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21196     Document Type: Article

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