Revisiting the origin of the vertebrate Hox14 by including its relict sarcopterygian members

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 316 B, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 515-525

  Feiner, Nathalie ^a   Ericsson, Rolf ^b,c   Meyer, Axel ^a   Kuraku, Shigehiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; LAMPREY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HUMANS; LAMPREYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES;

BILATERIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CERATODONTIDAE; COELACANTHIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; NEOCERATODUS FORSTERI; PETROMYZONTIDAE; PROTOPTERIDAE; SCYLIORHINUS TORAZAME; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80054911878     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21426     Document Type: Article

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