Genesis and evolution of the Evx and Mox genes and the extended Hox and ParaHox gene clusters

AUTOR(ES)

Minguillón, Carolina

FONTE

BioMed Central

RESUMO

The origin and evolution of genes belonging to the extended Hox group of homeobox-containing genes, namely Mox and Evx, is obscure. Here, a scenario is proposed in which an Evx/Mox ancestor gene linked to a ProtoHox cluster was involved in a segmental tandem duplication event that generated an array of all Hox-like genes.

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