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A
particular interest of our research group is the evolution of the homeobox
gene family, including the Hox, ParaHox, NK and PRD
class genes. Our studies of homeobox genes included the first physical map
of a Hox gene cluster from a non-laboratory species (amphioxus) and the
discovery of the ParaHox gene cluster. Recently,
we have worked on homeobox and other developmentally important genes in
humans, rodents, fish, hagfish, amphioxus, ascidians, polychaetes,
myxozoans, placozoans
and choanozoans. Additional interests of the
research group are the role of gene duplication in evolution, the evolution
of vertebrate genomes and molecular phylogeny of the animal kingdom.
Latest media:
Feb
2009: Australian ABC Radio National ‘Science Show’ (amphioxus ‘toolkit
genes’): click
here to listen
Feb
2009: Science blog (genomics and evolution): click here to
read
June
2008: Science blog (amphioxus genome): click here to
read
May
2008: Webcast lecture at Rockefeller
University, New York
(genome evolution): click
here to watch
Forthcoming seminars: Click here
Pharyngula
Click here
Publications:
Click here for publication list
New book:
The Animal
Kingdom: to
order click here
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