University of Vienna, Dept. of Molecular Evolution and Development, Althanstrasse 21, 1090 Wien, Austria.
University of Vienna, Dept. of Molecular Evolution and Development, Althanstrasse 21, 1090 Wien, Austria.
Curr Biol. 2018 Nov 19;28(22):R1303-R1305. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.040.
A new study in a sea anemone shows that, as in bilaterian animals, an axis-patterning Hox code exists in cnidarians. Surprisingly, it acts along the directive axis, orthogonal to the oral-aboral axis.
一项新的海葵研究表明,与两侧对称动物一样,Hox 基因在刺胞动物中存在着轴模式形成的编码。令人惊讶的是,它沿着指令轴作用,与口-肛轴正交。