Evolution of the Tbx6/16 subfamily genes in vertebrates: Insights from zebrafish

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3959-3983

  Ahn, Daegwon ^a   You, Kwan Hee ^a   Kim, Cheol Hee ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; orthology; synteny; tbx16; tbx24; tbx6

Indexed keywords

MGA PROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TBX16 PROTEIN; TBX24 PROTEIN; TBX6 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXON; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY; TAXONOMY; TELEOST; TETRAPOD; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE COMPONENTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNTENY; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84869074792     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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