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Evolving Hox activity profiles govern diversity in locomotor systems.
Developmental cell - 28 Apr 2014
Jung Heekyung, Mazzoni Esteban O, Soshnikova Natalia, Hanley Olivia, Venkatesh Byrappa, Duboule Denis, Dasen Jeremy S
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of limb-driven locomotor behaviors was a key event in the evolution of vertebrates and fostered the transition from aquatic to terrestrial life. We show that the generation of limb-projecting lateral motor column (LMC) neurons in mice relies on a transcriptional autoregulatory module initiated via transient activity of multiple genes within the HoxA and HoxC clusters. Repression of this module at...
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