Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2006 Feb;38(2):449-58. Epub 2005 Sep 28.

A PCR survey for posterior Hox genes in amphibians.

Mannaert A, Roelants K, Bossuyt F, Leyns L.

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Department of Biology, Unit of Ecology and Systematics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

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Hox genes encode transcription factors that play a key role in specifying the body plan in metazoans and are therefore essential in explaining patterns of evolutionary diversity. As an ancient tetrapod group with diverse limb types, amphibians are important for understanding the origin and diversification of limbs in land vertebrates. We conducted a PCR survey in two species of each amphibian order to identify Hox-9 to Hox-13, known to function in limb development. Fifteen distinct posterior Hox genes and one retro-pseudogene were identified, and the former confirm the existence of four Hox clusters in each amphibian order. Some genes expected to occur in all tetrapods, based on the posterior Hox complement of mammals, fishes and coelacanth, were not recovered from our survey, and may have been lost. Hoxd-12 is absent in frogs and possibly other amphibians. Considering its function in autopodial development, the loss of this gene may be related to the absence of the fifth finger in frogs and salamanders.

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