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Where do jaws come from?
Loss of Hox gene expression may have played a role in the evolution of the vertebrate jaw.
Email: Jonathan B Weitzman - jonathanweitzman@hotmail.com News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20020403-02
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The origin of the vertebrate jaw is something of a mystery. In the March 28 Nature, Martin Cohn from the University of Reading suggests that Hox gene expression may be at the origin of jaw evolution (Nature 2002, 416:386-387).
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