Independent Hox-cluster duplications in lampreys
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Independent Hox-cluster duplications in lampreys.
The analysis of the publicly available Hox gene sequences from the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus provides evidence that the Hox clusters in lampreys and other vertebrate species arose from independent duplications. In particular, our analysis supports the hypothesis that the last common ancestor of agnathans and gnathostomes had only a single Hox cluster which was subsequently duplicated indep...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Zoology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0022-104X,1097-010X
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.37