PCR survey of Xenoturbella bocki hox genes

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 310, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 278-284

  Fritzsch, Guido ^a   Böhme, Manja U ^a   Thorndyke, Mike ^b   Nakano, Hiroaki ^b   Israelsson, Olle ^c   Stach, Thomas ^b,d   Schlegel, Martin ^a   Hankeln, Thomas ^e   Stadler, Peter F ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTEROSTOMIA; XENOTURBELLA BOCKI;

RIBOSOME DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; INVERTEBRATE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; INVERTEBRATES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 48649084183     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21208     Document Type: Article

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