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The 33 pages that link to Hox genes, each with the reason it gives.

• Comparative anatomyRelated: Their conserved roles help explain shared patterns across animal body plans.

• Evolutionary developmental biologyRelated: Changes in their expression can alter the placement and identity of body structures.

• HomologyBroader topic: Their conserved sequences and developmental roles illustrate homology across animal lineages.

• Drosophila melanogasterBroader topic: Drosophila Hox genes established key principles of animal body-plan development.

• AnimalRelated: Hox genes illuminate the evolution of body plans across many animal lineages.

• CnidocyteRelated: Hox gene activity is linked to regional patterning of cnidarian cell types, including cnidocytes.

• NotochordRelated: Chordate axial patterning provides context for the notochord's position and associated development.

• EmbryologyRelated: Hox genes link genetic regulation to embryonic body patterning.

• OrganogenesisRelated: HOX activity helps locate structures and organs within the developing body plan.

• CheliceraRelated: Hox expression helps explain the distinct developmental identity of chelicerate appendage-bearing segments.

• MorphologyRelated: Hox genes help establish the regional patterning that produces characteristic body structures.

• EcdysozoaRelated: Comparative Hox-gene evidence contributed to evaluating relationships among major animal lineages.

• Bilateral symmetryRelated: Hox genes pattern the front-to-back regions of bodies that also have left-right organization.

• Pharyngeal archRelated: Hox genes pattern posterior arches, while the first arch develops largely without Hox expression.

• SynapomorphyRelated: Changes in Hox genes can supply molecular characters for reconstructing animal relationships.

• TagmosisRelated: Changes in Hox gene expression can alter the identities and boundaries of segments grouped into tagmata.

• LophotrochozoaRelated: Comparisons of these genes contribute to studies of body-plan evolution among lophotrochozoans.

• PancrustaceaRelated: Differences in Hox gene activity help explain appendage variation among pancrustaceans.

• Animal phylogenyRelated: Comparisons of Hox genes illuminate the evolution of animal body plans.

• BilateriaRelated: Their conserved roles help pattern regions along bilaterian anterior–posterior axes.

• HexapodaRelated: Hox genes help specify thoracic segments, where hexapod legs develop.

• Snake evolutionRelated: Changes in axial development are implicated in snakes’ elongated bodies and many vertebrae.

• Arthropod appendagesRelated: Hox genes can alter appendage identity by changing segmental developmental instructions.

• Limb developmentRelated: HOX gene activity helps establish regional identities along the developing limb.

• PanarthropodaRelated: Comparisons of Hox genes provide developmental evidence about panarthropod body organization.

• Fish finRelated: Changes in Hox gene expression contributed to the patterning of paired fins and limbs.

• GnathostomataRelated: Hox gene expression helps pattern the pharyngeal arches that form jaw structures.

• PriapulidaRelated: Hox gene expression has helped test how priapulid body regions relate to those of other animals.

• Arthropod legRelated: Hox genes help determine which appendage structures develop on particular body segments.

• Head (anatomy)Related: Hox genes contribute to regional patterning that distinguishes anterior structures from the trunk.

• LanceletRelated: Lancelet Hox genes enable comparisons of axial patterning across chordates.

• NajashRelated: Changes in developmental regulation are studied as possible contributors to snake body and limb evolution.

• TrichoplaxRelated: Hox-like genes in Trichoplax complicate simple links between these genes and complex bodies.