The homeodomain complement of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi suggests that Ctenophora and Porifera diverged prior to the ParaHoxozoa

EvoDevo

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ryan, Joseph F ^a   Pang, Kevin ^b   Mullikin, James C ^a   Martindale, Mark Q ^b   Baxevanis, Andreas D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIMEDON; ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); METAZOA; MNEMIOPSIS; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; PLACOZOA; PORIFERA;

EID: 79955094039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20419139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-1-9     Document Type: Article

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