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Jean Deutsch
Universit 0050 et M Curie
Paris, France

This book will be published in May of 2009
Pre-publication price: $129.00
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ISBN: TBA
Pub date: 2009-05-01

Table of contents

PART I. MECHANISMS OF ACTIVITY

Are the Hox genes so important?
Jean Deutsch

The interplay between Hox genes and signalling pathways
David Cribbs

The hexapeptide: Another conserved motif in Hox proteins
Yacine Graba

Ed Lewis legacy: Genes, proteins, RNAs and control elements in the BX-C
complex of Drosophila melanogaster
François Karch

The Polycomb-Group and chromatin regulation of the Hox genes
Frédérique Péronnet and Hugh Brock

Remote control of the Hox gene complexes
François Spitz

PART II. EVOLUTION OF HOX GENES AND COMPLEXES

Evolution with loss of Hox genes: The nematode case
Mark Blaxter and Aziz Aboobaker

Evolution of Hox complexes
David Ferrier

Is the ‘posterior’ group of Hox genes a rapidly evolving class?
Rob Lanfear

Hox-like genes in non-bilaterians
Bernd Schierwater

The evolution of Hox3 genes in dipterans
Urs Schmidt-Ott

PART III. BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION

Hox genes and the diversity of insect morphology
Thomas C. Kaufman

Hox genes and the body plan of chelicerates
Wim Damen

Hox genes and the CNS in Drosophila
Heinrich Reichert and Bruno Bello

Homeosis and beyond. What is the function of the Hox genes?
Jean Deutsch