Mouse fitness measures reveal incomplete functional redundancy of Hox paralogous group 1 proteins.

Here we assess the fitness consequences of the replacement of the Hoxa1 coding region with its paralog Hoxb1 in mice (Mus musculus) residing in semi-natural enclosures. Previously, this Hoxa1B1 swap was reported as resulting in no discernible embryonic or physiological phenotype (i.e., functionally...

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Main Authors: James S Ruff, Raed B Saffarini, Leda L Ramoz, Linda C Morrison, Shambralyn Baker, Sean M Laverty, Petr Tvrdik, Mario R Capecchi, Wayne K Potts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5381901?pdf=render