Hox Genes Regulate Digit Patterning by Controlling the Wavelength of a Turing-Type Mechanism

Author:

Sheth Rushikesh1,Marcon Luciano23,Bastida M. Félix14,Junco Marisa1,Quintana Laura23,Dahn Randall5,Kmita Marie6,Sharpe James237,Ros Maria A.14

Affiliation:

1. Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas–Sociedad para el Desarrollo Regional de Cantabria–Universidad de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain.

2. European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)–Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) Systems Biology Research Unit, CRG, Doctor. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.

3. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.

4. Departamento de Anatomía y Biología Celular, Universidad de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain.

5. 7322 Countrywood Lane, Madison, WI 53719, USA.

6. Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H2W 1R7, Canada.

7. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain.

Abstract

Digit Determination Pentadactyly has been an early and rapid innovation of tetrapods. Sheth et al. (p. 1476 ) report that a dramatic reduction in distally expressed Hox genes, in the absence of a functional morphogen signaling pathway, results in extreme polydactyly in mice. Mutant digits exhibited patterns reminiscent of the endoskeleton of fins, suggesting that an ancestral patterning mechanism has been deeply conserved in evolution.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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