Journal article
Minimal ProtoHox cluster inferred from bilaterian and cnidarian Hox complements
Abstract
Dividing line for Hox genesThe main body axis of bilaterian animals, from insects to humans, is shaped under the instruction of the same group of genes named Hox. Understanding the evolution of Hox and the related ParaHox genes requires knowledge of the Hox complement in still more ancient lineages. Chourrout et al. have investigated Hox genes in two of these, the cnidarians Nematostella and Hydra, which arose over 600 million years ago. …
Authors
Chourrout D; Delsuc F; Chourrout P; Edvardsen RB; Rentzsch F; Renfer E; Jensen MF; Zhu B; de Jong P; Steele RE
Journal
Nature, Vol. 442, No. 7103, pp. 684–687
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
8 2006
DOI
10.1038/nature04863
ISSN
0028-0836