A conserved cluster of three PRD-class homeobox genes (homeobrain, rx and orthopedia) in the Cnidaria and Protostomia

EvoDevo

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mazza, Maureen E ^a   Pang, Kevin ^b   Reitzel, Adam M ^a,c   Martindale, Mark Q ^b   Finnerty, John R ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CHORDATA; CNIDARIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINODERMATA; FUNGI; HELIX; HEMICHORDATA; HEXAPODA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; PLACOZOA; PROTOSTOMIA; TRICHOPLAX; TRICHOPLAX ADHAERENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872562985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20419139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-1-3     Document Type: Article

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