Adaptive evolution of 5′HoxD genes in the origin and diversification of the cetacean flipper

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 613-622

  Wang, Zhe ^a   Yuan, Lihong ^b   Rossiter, Stephen J ^c   Zuo, Xueguo ^a   Ru, Binghua ^a   Zhong, Hui ^a   Han, Naijian ^d   Jones, Gareth ^e   Jepson, Paul D ^f   Zhang, Shuyi ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Cetaceans; Digits; Flipper; Hoxd12; Hoxd13

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CETACEA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FORELIMB; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOGENESIS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MUS; MYSTICETI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60149086211     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn282     Document Type: Article

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