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. 2009 Oct;17(4):439-40.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2009.10.003.

More than patterning--Hox genes and the control of posterior axial elongation

Alexander Aulehla  1 , Olivier Pourquie
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More than patterning--Hox genes and the control of posterior axial elongation

Alexander Aulehla et al. Dev Cell. 2009 Oct.
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Abstract

Hox genes are well known for their evolutionarily conserved role in patterning the body axis. Now, Young et al. in this issue of Developmental Cell present evidence that at least in mouse embryos Hox genes do more, namely controlling the process of axis formation itself.

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