More constraint on ParaHox than Hox gene families in early metazoan evolution
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Variation and constraint in Hox gene evolution.
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Biology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0012-1606
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.01.022