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A general scenario of Hox gene inventory variation among major sarcopterygian lineages.
BMC evolutionary biology - 26 Jan 2011
Liang Dan, Wu Riga, Geng Jie, Wang Chaolin, Zhang Peng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hox genes are known to play a key role in shaping the body plan of metazoans. Evolutionary dynamics of these genes is therefore essential in explaining patterns of evolutionary diversity. Among extant sarcopterygians comprising both lobe-finned fishes and tetrapods, our knowledge of the Hox genes and clusters has largely been restricted in several model organisms such as frogs, birds and mammals. Some...
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