Hox gene expression in the harvestman Phalangium opilio reveals divergent patterning of the chelicerate opisthosoma

Evolution and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 450-463

  Sharma, Prashant P ^a   Schwager, Evelyn E ^a   Extavour, Cassandra G ^a   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

DIVERGENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MITE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPIDER; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; CHELICERATA; OPILIONES; PHALANGIUM OPILIO; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84865853898     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2012.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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