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Hox genes and vertebrate axial pattern.
Current topics in developmental biology - 1 Jan 2009
Wellik Deneen M
Abstract excerpt
The axial skeleton in all vertebrates is comprised of similar structures that extend from anterior to posterior along the body axis: the occipital skull bones, cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and caudal vertebrae. Despite significant changes in the number and size of these elements during vertebrate evolution, the basic character of these anatomical elements, as well as the order in which they appear, has...
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