Ancient Expansion of the Hox Cluster in Lepidoptera Generated Four Homeobox Genes Implicated in Extra-Embryonic Tissue Formation

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Ferguson, Laura ^a   Marlétaz, Ferdinand ^a   Carter, Jean Michel ^b   Taylor, William R ^c   Gibbs, Melanie ^d   Breuker, Casper J ^b   Holland, Peter W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BOMBYX MORI; BUTTERFLY; CALLIMORPHA DOMINULA; CAMERARIA OHRIDELLA; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DITRYSIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXTRAEMBRYONIC TISSUE FORMATION; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLYPHOTAELIUS PELLUCIDUS; HEPIALIDAE; HEPIALUS SYLVINA; HISTOGENESIS; HOMEOBOX GENE; INSECT CELL; INSECT GENOME; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PARARGE AEGERIA; POLYGONIA C ALBUM; SEROSA CELL; SHX GENE; SHXC GENE; ZEN GENE; ANIMAL; BOMBYX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GENOME; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; BUTTERFLIES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LEPIDOPTERA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84908314650     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004698     Document Type: Article

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