Isolation of Hox cluster genes from insects reveals an accelerated sequence evolution rate.

Among gene families it is the Hox genes and among metazoan animals it is the insects (Hexapoda) that have attracted particular attention for studying the evolution of development. Surprisingly though, no Hox genes have been isolated from 26 out of 35 insect orders yet, and the existing sequences der...

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Main Authors: Heike Hadrys, Sabrina Simon, Barbara Kaune, Oliver Schmitt, Anja Schöner, Wolfgang Jakob, Bernd Schierwater
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22685537/pdf/?tool=EBI