Cnidarian homeoboxes and the zootype

Daniel E. Martínez (), Diane Bridge, Liria M. Masuda-Nakagawa and Paulyn Cartwright
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Daniel E. Martínez: Pomona College
Diane Bridge: Department of Biological Chemistry
Liria M. Masuda-Nakagawa: Brain Science Institute, RIKEN
Paulyn Cartwright: Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University

Nature, 1998, vol. 393, issue 6687, 748-749

Abstract: Abstract In a widely cited paper1, Slack et al. proposed that all animal phyla shared a particular pattern of gene expression, the “zootype”. The zootype hypothesis implies that at least six HOX-type homeobox-containing genes should be present in all metazoa. We have done a series of phylogenetic analyses which indicate that Cnidaria, thought to be the earliest-evolving animal phylum with the exception of the sponges2, lack several HOX genes that are present in Drosophila and vertebrates. Instead, these genes may have arisen by duplication after the origin of the Cnidaria.

Date: 1998
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