A molecular footprint of limb loss: Sequence variation of the autopodial identity gene Hoxa-13

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 581-593

  Kohlsdorf, Tiana ^a,b   Cummings, Michael P ^c   Lynch, Vincent J ^a   Stopper, Geffrey F ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhiko ^a,d   Wagner, Günter P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hoxa 13; Limb loss; Molecular evolution; Squamata

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ERROR; EVOLUTION; EXON; FISH; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOBOX; HOXA 13 GENE; LIMB; LIMB ABSENCE; LIZARD; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM FOREST; SHARK; SNAKE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THELAZIA; TURTLE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLIGATOR; AVES; CAECILIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTREMITIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 65349149949     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9156-7     Document Type: Article

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