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MinireviewBeyond the Hox complexNipam H Patel1 and Victoria E Prince2 1Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA and Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA author email corresponding author email
Genome Biology 2000,
1:reviews1027.1-1027.4doi:10.1186/gb-2000-1-5-reviews1027
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8 November 2000 |
Subject areas: Evolution, Development, Genetics Abstract
The Hox complex is an example of a gene cluster created by tandem duplications. Recent findings suggest the Hox complex may be just part of a larger chromosomal assemblage of homeobox-containing genes that existed in the ancestor to all vertebrates. |