Comparative analysis of hox gene expression in the polychaete Chaetopterus: Implications for the evolution of body plan regionalization

American Zoologist, Jun 2001 by Irvine, Steven Q, Martindale, Mark Q

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank the organizers of the Hox symposium, Drs. Billie J. Swalla and Jeffrey L. Ram, as well as SICB for inviting our participation in this important opportunity for interchange of ideas in the field. Thanks also to Drs. Terri A. Williams and Elaine C. Seaver for incisive comments on the manuscript. SQI acknowledges the support of Dr. Frank Ruddle at Yale University and an NSF/ Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. MQM acknowledges the support of the NSE

1From the Symposium HOX Clusters and the Evolution of Morphology presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 4-8 January 2000, at Atlanta, Georgia.

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