The Hox gene complement of a pelagic chaetognath, Flaccisagitta enflata

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 854-864

  Matus, David Q ^a   Halanych, Kenneth M ^b   Martindale, Mark Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHAETOGNATHA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECDYSOZOA; FLACCISAGITTA ENFLATA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; MATUS; METAZOA; PROTOSTOMIA; SPIRALIA;

EID: 36448963820     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icm077     Document Type: Article

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