Evolution of a regulatory gene family: HOM/HOX genes.

doi:10.1016/0959-437x(93)90016-i

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Evolution of a regulatory gene family: HOM/HOX genes.

Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Dec 1993

Kappen C, Ruddle F H

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With the increasing accumulation of data on the presence of the HOM/HOX class of homeobox genes in the animal kingdom, and with new comparative analyses of these data, strong evolutionary conservation is apparent. It is clear that HOM/HOX genes and their roles in pattern formation were establishe...

Topics

Animals
Arthropods
Biological Evolution
Genes, Homeobox
Genes, Regulator
Genetic Variation
Multigene Family
Vertebrates

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