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Genome Res., Vol. 18, No. 7. (1 July 2008), pp. 1100-1111.
by Linda Z. Holland, Ricard Albalat, Kaoru Azumi, et al.Elia Benito-Gutierrez, Matthew J. Blow, Marianne Bronner-Fraser, Frederic Brunet, Thomas Butts, Simona Candiani, Larry J. Dishaw, David E. Ferrier, Jordi Garcia-Fernandez, Jeremy J. Gibson-Brown, Carmela Gissi, Adam Godzik, Finn Hallbook, Dan Hirose, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, Tetsuro Ikuta, Hidetoshi Inoko, Masanori Kasahara, Jun Kasamatsu, Takeshi Kawashima, Ayuko Kimura, Masaaki Kobayashi, Zbynek Kozmik, Kaoru Kubokawa, Vincent Laudet, Gary W. Litman, Alice C. Mchardy, Daniel Meulemans, Masaru Nonaka, Robert P. Olinski, Zeev Pancer, Len A. Pennacchio, Mario Pestarino, Jonathan P. Rast, Isidore Rigoutsos, Marc Robinson-Rechavi, Graeme Roch, Hidetoshi Saiga, Yasunori Sasakura, Masanobu Satake, Yutaka Satou, Michael Schubert, Nancy Sherwood, Takashi Shiina, Naohito Takatori, Javier Tello, Pavel Vopalensky, Shuichi Wada, Anlong Xu, Yuzhen Ye, Keita Yoshida, Fumiko Yoshizaki, Jr-Kai Yu, Qing Zhang, Christian M. Zmasek, Pieter J. de Jong, Kazutoyo Osoegawa, Nicholas H. Putnam, Daniel S. Rokhsar, Noriyuki Satoh, Peter W. Holland
Abstract
Cephalochordates, urochordates, and vertebrates evolved from a common ancestor over 520 million years ago. To improve our understanding of chordate evolution and the origin of vertebrates, we intensively searched for particular genes, gene families, and conserved noncoding elements in the sequenced genome of the cephalochordate Branchiostoma floridae, commonly called amphioxus or lancelets. Special attention was given to homeobox genes, opsin genes, genes involved in neural crest development, nuclear receptor genes, genes encoding components of the endocrine and immune systems, and conserved ...
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