Coral comparative genomics reveal expanded hox cluster in the cnidarian-bilaterian ancestor

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 835-841

  Dubuc, Timothy Q ^a   Ryan, Joseph F ^b   Shinzato, Chuya ^c   Satoh, Nori ^c   Martindale, Mark Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; GENOME; HOMEOBOX; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENOME; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INVERTEBRATES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BILATERIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; PROTOSTOMIA;

EID: 84870035945     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ics098     Document Type: Conference Paper

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