Non-parsimonious evolution of hagfish <it>Dlx</it> genes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The number of members of the <it>Dlx</it> gene family increased during the two rounds of whole-genome duplication that occurred in the common ancestor of the vertebrates. Because the <it>Dlx</it> genes are inv...

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Main Authors: Fujimoto Satoko, Oisi Yasuhiro, Kuraku Shigehiro, Ota Kinya G, Kuratani Shigeru
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2013-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/15