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Axial skeletal patterning in mice lacking all paralogous group 8 Hox genes.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 2001
van den Akker E, Fromental-Ramain C, de Graaff W, Le Mouellic H, Brûlet P, Chambon P, Deschamps J
Abstract excerpt
We present a detailed study of the genetic basis of mesodermal axial patterning by paralogous group 8 Hox genes in the mouse. The phenotype of Hoxd8 loss-of-function mutants is presented, and compared with that of Hoxb8- and Hoxc8-null mice. Our analysis of single mutants reveals common features for the Hoxc8 and Hoxd8 genes in patterning lower thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. In the Hoxb8 mutant, more anterior...
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