Cho Sung Jin, Cho Pyo Yun, Lee Myung Sik, Hur So Young, Lee Jong Aa, Kim Seong Ki, Koh Ki Seok, Na Young Eun, Choo Jong Kil, Kim Chang-Bae, Park Soon Cheol
Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, 156-756, Seoul, Korea.
Dev Genes Evol. 2003 May;213(4):207-10. doi: 10.1007/s00427-003-0308-x. Epub 2003 Apr 3.
The Hox genes of the oligochaete, Perionyx excavatus, were surveyed using PCR and phylogenetic analysis. We were able to identify 11 different Hox gene fragments. Comparative and phylogenetic analyses revealed that this oligochaete would have at least five Hox genes of the anterior group, including three copies of labial-type, five of the central group and one of the posterior group. This is the first report regarding sequence information and phylogenetic analysis of Hox genes in the earthworm.
利用聚合酶链式反应(PCR)和系统发育分析对寡毛纲动物赤子爱胜蚓的Hox基因进行了研究。我们能够鉴定出11个不同的Hox基因片段。比较分析和系统发育分析表明,这种寡毛纲动物至少有5个前部组Hox基因,包括3个唇型拷贝、5个中部组基因和1个后部组基因。这是关于蚯蚓Hox基因序列信息和系统发育分析的首次报道。