Evolution of the Vertebrate Pax4/6 Class of Genes with Focus on Its Novel Member, the Pax10 Gene

State-of the art methodologies dictate new standards for phylogenetic analysis

(2013) Maria Anisimova et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod evolution

(2013) Chris T. Amemiya et al.   NATURE

The draft genomes of soft-shell turtle and green sea turtle yield insights into the development and evolution of the turtle-specific body plan

(2013) Zhuo Wang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Evidence for at least six Hox clusters in the Japanese lamprey (Lethenteron japonicum)

(2013) T. K. Mehta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impact of asymmetric gene repertoire between cyclostomes and gnathostomes

(2013) Shigehiro Kuraku   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Sequencing of Pax6 Loci from the Elephant Shark Reveals a Family of Pax6 Genes in Vertebrate Genomes, Forged by Ancient Duplications and Divergences

(2013) Vydianathan Ravi et al.   PLoS Genetics

Sequencing three crocodilian genomes to illuminate the evolution of archosaurs and amniotes

(2013) John A St John et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

The western painted turtle genome, a model for the evolution of extreme physiological adaptations in a slowly evolving lineage

(2013) H Bradley Shaffer et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

More than 1000 ultraconserved elements provide evidence that turtles are the sister group of archosaurs

(2012) N. G. Crawford et al.   Biology Letters

Phylogenomic analyses support the position of turtles as the sister group of birds and crocodiles (Archosauria)

(2012) Ylenia Chiari et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Pax4 is not essential for beta-cell differentiation in zebrafish embryos but modulates alpha-cell generation by repressing arx gene expression

(2012) Joachim Djiotsa et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

PAX Proteins and Fables of Their Reconstruction

(2012) Darrell Alan Underhill   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN EUKARYOTIC GENE EXPRESSION

Pax6 expression during retinogenesis in sharks: comparison with markers of cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation

(2012) Susana Ferreiro-Galve et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Unresolved orthology and peculiar coding sequence properties of lamprey genes: the KCNA gene family as test case

(2011) Huan Qiu et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Co-orthology of Pax4 and Pax6 to the fly eyeless gene: molecular phylogenetic, comparative genomic, and embryological analyses

(2011) Tereza Manousaki et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Genome Evolution and Meiotic Maps by Massively Parallel DNA Sequencing: Spotted Gar, an Outgroup for the Teleost Genome Duplication

(2011) Angel Amores et al.   GENETICS

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Sequencing the genome of the Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) as a model for studying extreme adaptations in snakes

(2011) Todd A Castoe et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Origins, evolution, and phenotypic impact of new genes

(2010) H. Kaessmann   GENOME RESEARCH

Parallel Retention of Pdx2 Genes in Cartilaginous Fish and Coelacanths

(2010) J. F. Mulley et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The origin of bmp16, a novel Bmp2/4 relative, retained in teleost fish genomes

(2009) Nathalie Feiner et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Identification and expression of an elastase homologue in Branchiostoma belcheri with implications to the origin of vertebrate pancreas

(2009) Tinghua Sun et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Expression of zebrafish pax6b in pancreas is regulated by two enhancers containing highly conserved cis-elements bound by PDX1, PBX and PREP factors

(2008) François M Delporte et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Spatio-temporal expression of Pax6 in Xenopus forebrain

(2008) Nerea Moreno et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Regulatory back-up circuit of medaka Wt1 co-orthologs ensures PGC maintenance

(2008) Nils Klüver et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Developmental and daily expression of thePax4andPax6homeobox genes in the rat retina: localization of Pax4 in photoreceptor cells

(2008) Martin F. Rath et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Timing of Genome Duplications Relative to the Origin of the Vertebrates: Did Cyclostomes Diverge before or after?

(2008) S. Kuraku et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Ensembl 2009

(2008) T. J. P. Hubbard et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Concise Review: Pax6 Transcription Factor Contributes to both Embryonic and Adult Neurogenesis as a Multifunctional Regulator

(2008) Noriko Osumi et al.   STEM CELLS

A developmental staging series for the lizard genusAnolis: A new system for the integration of evolution, development, and ecology

(2007) Thomas J. Sanger et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY