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Are Hox genes ancestrally involved in axial patterning? Evidence from the hydrozoan Clytia hemisphaerica (Cnidaria).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2009
Chiori Roxane, Jager Muriel, Denker Elsa, Wincker Patrick, Da Silva Corinne, Le Guyader Hervé, Manuel Michaël, Quéinnec Eric
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BACKGROUND: The early evolution and diversification of Hox-related genes in eumetazoans has been the subject of conflicting hypotheses concerning the evolutionary conservation of their role in axial patterning and the pre-bilaterian origin of the Hox and ParaHox clusters. The diversification of Hox/ParaHox genes clearly predates the origin of bilaterians. However, the existence of a "Hox code" predating the...
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