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Please find below publications of our group. Currently, we list 565 papers. Some of the publications are in collaboration with the group of Sonja Prohaska and are also listed in the publication list for her individual group. Access to published papers (
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PCR Survey of <i>Xenoturbella bocki</i> Hox Genes
Guido Fritzsch, Manja U. Böhme, Mike Thorndyke, Hiroaki Nakano, Olle Israelsson, Thomas Stach, Martin Schlegel, Thomas Hankeln, Thomas Stach, Peter F. Stadler
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JEZ B: Mol. Dev. Evol. 310B: 278-284 (2008)
Abstract
Xenoturbella bocki has recently been identified as one of the most basal deuterostomes, although an even more basal phylogenetic position as a basal bilaterian cannot be ruled out. Here we report on a PCR survey of the Hox genes of X.bocki. Somewhat surprisingly, we find only four Hox genes, one clear labial/PG1 ortholog, one posterior gene most similar to the PG9/10 genes of Ambulacraria, and two central group genes whose precise assignment to a specific paralog group remains open. We furthermore report on a re-evaluation of the available published evidence of Hox genes in other basal deuterostomes.
Keywords
Xenoturbella bocki, Hox genes, PCR survey