Developmental patterning. The Hox code out on a limb.
Studies of limb development in mice lacking particular hoxd genes have cast doubt on the suggestion that Hox genes combine to control vertebrate morphogenesis by specifying positional information in a 'Hox code'.
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Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
D000818:Animals; D005121:Extremities / Q000196:embryology*; D005801:Genes, Homeobox; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000235:genetics