A non-tree-based comprehensive study of metazoan Hox and ParaHox genes prompts new insights into their origin and evolution

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Thomas Chollier, Morgane ^a,b,e   Ledent, Valérie ^a   Leyns, Luc ^b   Vervoort, Michel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE; GENOME; METAZOAN; PHYLOGENETICS;

BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; METAZOA; PROTOSTOMIA; VERTEBRATA;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INVERTEBRATES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77949450167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-73     Document Type: Article

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