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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

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This is a comparison between echinoderm Hox clusters of the Crown of Thorn starfish and the sea urchin. The Crown of Thorns Hox Cluster show 'colinearity,' more closely resembling Hox clusters of chordates.

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