Assignment of the HOX2 and HOX3 gene clusters to the bovine chromosome regions 19q17‐qter and 5q14‐23

Abstract

The homeobox 2 (HOX2) and homeobox 3 (HOX3) clusters have been chromosomally assigned in cattle by in situ hybridization. The probes employed were a murine probe for the mapping of HOX2 to 19ql7-qter and human probes for the mapping of HOX3 to 5q1-23.These assignments confirm the chromosomal assignment of two syntenic groups, consisting of loci located on human chromosome 12 (bovine chr3mosome 5) and the long arm of human chromosome 17 (bovine chromosome 19).