HoxGenes, a Molecular Constraint for the Development and Evolution of the Vertebrate Body Plan

Autor: Iimura, Tadahiro, Himeno, Akiko, Nakane, Ayako, Yamaguchi, Akira
Zdroj: Journal of Oral Biosciences; January 2010, Vol. 52 Issue: 2 p155-163, 9p
Abstrakt: A set of Hoxgenes expressed during the embryonic process presents a crucial system to set up the body plan in animal phyla. Current systematic approaches, such as bio-imaging, epigenetic regulation and phylogenetic genome comparison, illuminated new comprehensive insights into Hoxgenes as an evolutionary constraint of the vertebrate body plan, which provides a novel counter-view to give further insights into the evolution and development of the craniofacial and dental systems as non-Hox systems.
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