Composition and genomic organization of arthropod Hox clusters

Composition and genomic organization of arthropod Hox clusters

Abstract Background The ancestral arthropod is believed to have had a clustered arrangement of ten Hox genes. Within arthropods, Hox gene mutations result in transformation of segment identities. Despite the fact that variation in segment number/character was common in the diversification of arthrop...

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Main Authors: Ryan M. Pace, Miodrag Grbić, Lisa M. Nagy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-05-01
Series:EvoDevo
Subjects:
Hox
Evolution
Development
Arthropod
Chelicerate
Tetranychus
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13227-016-0048-4

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