We compare the expression patterns in Ciona intestinalis of three members of the Pax gene family, CiPax3/7, CiPax6 and Cipax2/5/8. All three genes are expressed in restricted patterns in the developing central nervous system. At the tailbud stage, CiPax3/7 is present in three patches in the brain and along the posterior neural tube, CiPax6 throughout the anterior brain and along the posterior neural tube and CiPax2/5/8 in a restricted region of the posterior brain. Double in situ hybridisations were used to identify areas of overlap between the expression of different genes. This showed that CiPax3/7 overlaps with the boundaries of CiPax6 expression in the anterior brain, and with CiPax2/5/8 in the posterior brain. The overlap between CiPax3/7 and CiPax2/5/8 is unlike that described in the ascidian Halocynthia rorezti. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Mazet, F., Hutt, J. A., Millard, J., & Shimeld, S. M. (2003). Pax gene expression in the developing central nervous system of Ciona intestinalis. Gene Expression Patterns, 3(6), 743–745. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1567-133X(03)00137-6
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