ARE HOX GENES ANCESTRALLY INVOLVED IN AXIAL PATTERNING? EVIDENCE FROM THE HYDROZOAN CLYTIA HEMISPHAERICA (CNIDARIA).

Are Hox genes ancestrally involved in axial patterning? Evidence from the hydrozoan Clytia hemisphaerica (Cnidaria).

BACKGROUND: The early evolution and diversification of Hox-related genes in eumetazoans has been the subject of conflicting hypotheses concerning the evolutionary conservation of their role in axial patterning and the pre-bilaterian origin of the Hox and ParaHox clusters.The diversification of Hox/ParaHox genes clearly predates the origin of bilate

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Suppression of Brugia malayi (sub-periodic) larval development in Aedes aegypti (Liverpool strain) fed on blood of animals immunized with microfilariae

Preliminary studies were carried out to investigate the role of filarial specific antibodies, raised in an animal model against the filarial parasite, Brugia malayi (sub-periodic), in blocking their early development in an experimental mosquito host, Aedes aegypti (Liverpool strain).In order to generate filarial specific antibodies, Mongolian gerbi

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