Evolution of Hox gene clusters in deuterostomes

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pascual Anaya, Juan ^a   D'Aniello, Salvatore ^b   Kuratani, Shigeru ^a   Garcia Fernàndez, Jordi ^c  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOCHORDATA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; EUMETAZOA; INVERTEBRATA; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; CHORDATA; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HOMEOBOX; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOME; INVERTEBRATES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84879819173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-13-26     Document Type: Article

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