The dawn of amphioxus molecular biology: a personal perspective
The cloning and embryonic expression analysis of an amphioxus Hox gene in 1992 marked the start of molecular analysis of cephalochordate development. Other papers quickly followed, including description of the amphioxus Hox gene cluster in 1994, fuelling a resurgence of interest in a longforgotten a...
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| description | The cloning and embryonic expression analysis of an amphioxus Hox gene in 1992 marked the start of molecular analysis of cephalochordate development. Other papers quickly followed, including description of the amphioxus Hox gene cluster in 1994, fuelling a resurgence of interest in a longforgotten animal. I describe the academic background, laboratory experiments and field work leading to the earliest publications in amphioxus molecular developmental biology and explain their scientific impact. The story of amphioxus biology in the 1990s involves collaboration, team work, opportunistic meetings, serendipity, incredulous journal editors, stingrays, airport departure lounges and popcorn. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:302fdefa-9969-4081-a197-5befc5c52c842022-03-26T12:59:55ZThe dawn of amphioxus molecular biology: a personal perspectiveJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:302fdefa-9969-4081-a197-5befc5c52c84Symplectic Elements at OxfordUniversity of the Basque Country Press2017Holland, PThe cloning and embryonic expression analysis of an amphioxus Hox gene in 1992 marked the start of molecular analysis of cephalochordate development. Other papers quickly followed, including description of the amphioxus Hox gene cluster in 1994, fuelling a resurgence of interest in a longforgotten animal. I describe the academic background, laboratory experiments and field work leading to the earliest publications in amphioxus molecular developmental biology and explain their scientific impact. The story of amphioxus biology in the 1990s involves collaboration, team work, opportunistic meetings, serendipity, incredulous journal editors, stingrays, airport departure lounges and popcorn. |
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