Class 3 Hox genes in insects and the origin of zen

Falciani, F.; Hausdorf, B.; Schröder, R.; Akam, M.; Tautz, D.; Denell, R.; Brown, S.

doi:10.1073/pnas.93.16.8479

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Class 3 Hox genes in insects and the origin of zen

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Falciani, F., Hausdorf, B., Schröder, R., Akam, M., Tautz, D., Denell, R., & Brown, S. (1996). Class 3 Hox genes in insects and the origin of zen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 93(16), 8479-8484. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.16.8479.

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We have cloned, from a beetle and a locust, genes that are homologous to the class 3 Hox genes of vertebrates. Outside the homeobox they share sequence motifs with the Drosophila zerknullt (zen) and z2 genes, and like zen, are expressed only in extraembryonic membranes. We conclude that the zen genes of Drosophila derive from a Hox class 3 sequence that formed part of the common ancestral Hox cluster, but that in insects this (Hox) gene has lost its role in patterning the anterio-posterior axis of the embryo, and acquired a new function. In the lineage leading to Drosophila, the zen genes have diverged particularly rapidly.