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Beyond the Hox complex

Nipam H Patel1 email 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

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Genome Biology 2000, 1:reviews1027.1-1027.4doi:10.1186/gb-2000-1-5-reviews1027

Published: 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.


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