Chordate hox and ParaHox gene clusters differ dramatically in their repetitive element content

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-220

  Osborne, Peter W ^a,b,c   Ferrier, David E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Hox; MITE; ParaHox; Repetitive elements

Indexed keywords

AMPHIOXUS; ARTICLE; CHORDATA; CHORDATE HOX GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SELECTION; HOX GENE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PARAHOX GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 74549207993     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp235     Document Type: Article

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