From: How Hox genes can shed light on the place of echinoderms among the deuterostomes
Crinoids
Asteroids
Ophiuroids
Holothuroids
Echinoids
Gene characterization
PCR [25]
PCR [26–28]
PCR [29, 30] Pyrosequencing [33]a
PCR [31, 32]a
Whole genome sequence [2, 16]
Mapping of genes along chromosomes
Inferred [30]
Inferred [26]
X
Complete translocation - inversion observed [2]
Expression domains in space and time
Embryos Larvae [25, 34]
Larvae Juveniles [34–38]
Embryos Larvae Juveniles [39–43]