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PCR survey of Hox genes in the crinoid and ophiuroid: evidence for anterior conservation and posterior expansion in the echinoderm Hox gene cluster.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Mar 2000
Mito T, Endo K
Abstract excerpt
To help elucidate the cluster organization of Hox genes in echinoderms, we amplified a homeobox region by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and cloned and sequenced the PCR products for the comatulid crinoid Oxycomanthus japonicus and the ophiuroid Stegophiura sladeni. The crinoid had at least three anterior, four medial, and four posterior genes, and the ophiuroid had at least one anterior, three medial, and six...
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