Hox gene expression in postmetamorphic juveniles of the brachiopod Terebratalia transversa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hox genes encode a family of homeodomain containing transcription factors that are clustered together on chromosomes of many Bilateria. Some bilaterian lineages express these genes during embryogenesis in spatial and/or temporal order according to their arrangement in the cluster, a phenomenon referred to as collinearity. Expression of Hox genes is well studied during embryonic and larval development of numerous species; however, relatively few studies focus on the comparison of pre- and postmetamorphic expression of Hox genes in animals with biphasic life cycle. Recently, the expression of Hox genes was described for embryos and larvae of Terebratalia transversa, a rhynchonelliformean brachiopod, which possesses distinct metamorphosis

SUBMITTER: Gasiorowski L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6325747 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature