title: Identification and conservation of gene loss events of Hox gene clusters in the marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma).
abstract: In this study, the identification of the whole Hox gene clusters (46 Hox genes) in the marine medaka Oryzias melastigma was investigated using genome assembly and RNA-seq information. Moreover, the gene loss events of Hox gene clusters, which may occur during fish evolution, were examined for a better understanding of the evolutionary status of the gene lost events of the Hox gene cluster across fish species, particularly in the genus Oryzias.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hui-Su
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Dae-Sik
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea.|Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Chang-Bum
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory on Marine Pollution and Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Doris W T
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Au
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Seong
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005801:Genes, Homeobox; D016678:Genome; D005810:Multigene Family; D009990:Oryzias / Q000235:genetics*; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D059467:Transcriptome