(1) Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow, 117871, Russia
Abstract:
This review is concerned with the structure and function of the protein products and homeobox genes of the HOX complex. We also trace a relationship between morphological evolution and the evolution of the homoeotic complex.