摘要
Thehomeobox(Hox)genesformanevolutionarilyconservedfamilyencodingtranscriptionfactorsthatplaymajorrolesinsegmentalidentityandorganspecificationacrossspecies.ThecanonicalgroupingofHoxgenespresentintheHOM-CclusterofDrosophilaorrelatedclustersinotherorganismsincludeseight"typical"genes,whicharelocalizedintheorderlabial(lab),proboscipedia(pb),Deformed(Dfd),Sexcombsreduced(Scr),Antennapedia(Antp),Ultrabithorax(Ubx),abdominalA(abdA),andAbdominalB(AbdB).ThemembersofHoxclusterareexpressedinadistinctanteriortoposteriororderintheembryo.AnalysisoftherelatednessofdifferentmembersoftheHoxgeneclustertoeachotherinfourevolutionarilydiverseinsecttaxarevealedthatthelocipb/DfdandAbdB,whicharefarthestapartinlinkage,hadahighdegreeofevolutionaryrelatedness,indicatingthatpb/DfdtypeanteriorgenesandAbdBareclosesttotheancestralanteriorandposteriorHoxgenes,respectively.ThegreaterrelatednessofotherposteriorgenesUbxandabdAtothemoreanteriorgenessuchasAntpandScrsuggestedthattheyarosebygeneduplicationsinthemoreanteriormembersratherthantheposteriorAbdB.
出版日期
2005年01月11日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
