Evolution of the Alx homeobox gene family: Parallel retention and independent loss of the vertebrate Alx3 gene

Evolution and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-351

  McGonnell, Imelda M ^a   Graham, Anthony ^b   Richardson, Joanna ^b   Fish, Jennifer L ^c   Depew, Michael J ^c,d   Dee, Chris T ^e   Holland, Peter W H ^f   Takahashi, Tokiharu ^e  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

COMMON ANCESTRY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOMICS; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; POULTRY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNTENY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY; VERTEBRATES;

ANURA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960189760     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2011.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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