Evolution of the snake body form reveals homoplasy in amniote Hox gene function

Jason J. Head () and P. David Polly ()
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Jason J. Head: University of Nebraska–Lincoln
P. David Polly: Biology and Anthropology, Indiana University

Nature, 2015, vol. 520, issue 7545, 86-89

Abstract: Traditionally, the vertebral column of snakes was thought to have lost regionalization; Hox regionalization is now shown to be maintained in snakes, suggesting that gradational vertebral column regionalization is primitive to amniotes.

Date: 2015
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