Time is of the essence for ParaHox homeobox gene clustering

BMC Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Garstang, Myles ^a   Ferrier, David E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; TIME;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879576564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-72     Document Type: Note

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