Eye ancestry: old genes for new eyes.
The vast differences between vertebrate and arthropod eyes suggest that the recently discovered homologous master control genes for eye development had another function before eyes evolved in the early Cambrian.
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Department of Zoology, University of Lund, Sweden.
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005123:Eye / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry; D005136:Eye Proteins; D005796:Genes; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D006801:Humans; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D000071841:PAX6 Transcription Factor; D051761:Paired Box Transcription Factors; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells; D012097:Repressor Proteins
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005136:Eye Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D000071841:PAX6 Transcription Factor; C000605730:PAX6 protein, human; D051761:Paired Box Transcription Factors; D012097:Repressor Proteins