What the Cnidaria Tell Us about Pax Gene Evolution
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..................................................................................................................................................... 367 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 367 PAX GENES, PAIRED DOMAINS AND PAX HOMEODOMAINS ................................................................... 368 THE KNOWN CNIDARIAN PAX GENES ........................................................................................................ 368 PHYLOGENY OF PAIRED DOMAINS – WIDELY DISTRIBUTED AND LINEAGE-SPECIFIC CLASSES ... 369 THE ANCESTRAL PAX GENE – STRUCTURE AND SEQUENCE ............................................................... 370 SYNTHESIS ..................................................................................................................................................... 371 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................................................................. 371 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................. 371 CHINESE ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................................... 372
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