Current Biology
Volume 7, Issue 9, 1 September 1997, Pages R570-R572
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Vertebrate evolution: Something fishy about Hox genes

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Abstract

The complete Hox gene complement of the Japanese pufferfish has now been determined, together with the genomic organisation of all four Hox gene clusters. One of the many surprises is that this strange fish has lost an unusually large number of Hox genes.

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