Chapter 28
Invertebrate AHR Homologs: Ancestral Functions in Sensory Systems
Jo Anne Powell-Coffman,
Hongtao Qin,
Jo Anne Powell-Coffman
Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IO, USA
Search for more papers by this authorHongtao Qin
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJo Anne Powell-Coffman,
Hongtao Qin,
Jo Anne Powell-Coffman
Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IO, USA
Search for more papers by this authorHongtao Qin
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):Raimo Pohjanvirta,
Raimo Pohjanvirta
Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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This chapter contains sections titled:
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Introduction
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Caenorhabditis Elegans AHR-1
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Drosophila Melanogaster Spineless
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Concluding Remarks
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References
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