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Functional evolution of Hox proteins in arthropods.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Sept 2002
Vervoort Michel
Abstract excerpt
It is presumed that the evolution of morphological diversity in animals and plants is driven by changes in the developmental processes that govern morphology, hence basically by changes in the function and/or expression of a defined set of genes that control these processes. A large body of evidence has suggested that changes in developmental gene regulation are the predominant mechanisms that sustain...
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