Evolutionary history of chordate PAX genes: dynamics of change in a complex gene family.

Paired box (PAX) genes are transcription factors that play important roles in embryonic development. Although the PAX gene family occurs in animals only, it is widely distributed. Among the vertebrates, its 9 genes appear to be the product of complete duplication of an original set of 4 genes, follo...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Rodrigues Paixão-Côrtes, Francisco Mauro Salzano, Maria Cátira Bortolini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3759438?pdf=render