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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Formato: | Journal article |
Idioma: | English |
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2000
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