An amphioxus Krox gene: insights into vertebrate hindbrain evolution.

The transcription factor Krox-20 has roles in the maintenance of segmentation and specification of segment identity in the vertebrate hindbrain. Overt hindbrain segmentation is a vertebrate novelty, and is not seen in invertebrate chordates such as amphioxus and tunicates. To test if the roles of Kr...

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Main Authors: Knight, R, Panopoulou, G, Holland, P, Shimeld, S
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 2000