Abstract
The origin and evolution of genes belonging to the extended Hox group of homeobox-containing genes, namely Mox and Evx, is obscure. Here, a scenario is proposed in which an Evx/Mox ancestor gene linked to a ProtoHox cluster was involved in a segmental tandem duplication event that generated an array of all Hox-like genes.
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