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Abstract

The chromosome localization of human HOX gene clusters has been reinvestigated by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Three loci were precisely localized in 7p15.3 (HOXA@), 17q21.3 (HOXB@) and 12q13.3 (HOXC@). The localization of HOXD@ was confirmed to 2q31.