Probing the evolution of appendage specialization by Hox gene misexpression in an emerging model crustacean

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 13897-13902

  Pavlopoulos, Anastasios ^a   Kontarakis, Zacharias ^b   Liubicich, Danielle M ^c   Serano, Julia M ^c   Akam, Michael ^a   Patel, Nipam H ^c   Averof, Michalis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional studies; Maxillipeds; Morphological evolution; Parhyale; Ultrabithorax (Ubx)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOX GENE; HUMAN; LIMB; MAXILLIPED; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARHYALE HAWAIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRABITHORAX GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRUSTACEA; DOWN-REGULATION; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; PARHYALE;

EID: 69549128387     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902804106     Document Type: Article

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