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Hox Genes Studies from the 20th to the 21st Century /

In his 1894 book, Materials for the Study of Variation, William Bateson coined the term Homoeosis with the following prose: The case of the modification of the antenna of an insect into a foot, of the eye of a Crustacean into an antenna, of a petal into a stamen, and the like, are examples of the sa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Deutsch, Jean S. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 689
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mechanisms of Activity
  • Regulation of Hox Activity: Insights from Protein Motifs
  • Cis-Regulation in the Drosophila Bithorax Complex
  • Maintenance of Hox Gene Expression Patterns
  • Control of Vertebrate Hox Clusters by Remote and Global Cis-Acting Regulatory Sequences
  • Evolution of Hox Genes and Complexes
  • The Early Evolution of Hox Genes: A Battle of Belief?
  • Evolution of Hox Complexes
  • The Nematode Story: Hox Gene Loss and Rapid Evolution
  • Are the Deuterostome Posterior Hox Genes a Fast-Evolving Class?
  • Biological Function
  • Hox Genes and the Body Plans of Chelicerates and Pycnogonids
  • Hox3/zen and the Evolution of Extraembryonic Epithelia in Insects
  • Hox Genes and Brain Development in Drosophila
  • Homeosis and Beyond. What Is the Function of the Hox Genes?.