Mikhaleva Y, Skinnes R, Sumic S, Thompson EM, Chourrout D.

Dev Biol. 2018 Sep 11. pii: S0012-1606(18)30157-X. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.09.006

Development of the house secreting epithelium, a major innovation of tunicate larvaceans, involves multiple homeodomain transcription factors.

The tandem-duplicated propA and probB genes participate to the development of the house secreting epitelium and control (directly or indirectly) oik41a.