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Genes that control the development of an animal's body plan.

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Homeotic genes are genes that determine which parts of the body form what body parts. One example are the Hox and ParaHox genes which are important for segmentation,[1] another example are the MADS-box-containing genes in the ABC model of flower development.[2]

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  1. ^ Young T, Rowland JE, van de Ven C, et al. (October 2009). "Cdx and Hox genes differentially regulate posterior axial growth in mammalian embryos". Dev. Cell 17 (4): 516–26. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2009.08.010. PMID 19853565. 
  2. ^ Theissen G (2001). "Development of floral organ identity: stories from the MADS house". Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 4 (1): 75–85. PMID 11163172. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1369-5266(00)00139-4. 
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