Conservation of linkage and evolution of developmental function within the Tbx2/3/4/5 subfamily of T-box genes: Implications for the origin of vertebrate limbs

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 218, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 613-628

  Horton, Amy C ^a,f   Mahadevan, Navin R ^a   Minguillon, Carolina ^b,g   Osoegawa, Kazutoyo ^c   Rokhsar, Daniel S ^d   Ruvinsky, Ilya ^e   de Jong, Pieter J ^c   Logan, Malcolm P ^b   Gibson Brown, Jeremy J ^a,h  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h Institute for Evolutionary Discovery   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Development; Evolution; Limb; T box

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GROWTH REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; JELLYFISH; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONGE (PORIFERA); VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CNIDARIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; METAZOA; PORIFERA; PROTOSTOMIA; SCYPHOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57649233628     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-008-0249-5     Document Type: Article

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