| These genes encode proteins that are involved in regulating the expression of homeotic genes by changing chromatin structure. |
| The homeotic gene antennapedia is transcribed in embryonic tissues that give rise to a thorax, complete with legs. |
| If a mutation occurs in the homeobox of any of the homeotic genes, an organism will not develop correctly. |
| Several genes involved in the regulation of chromatin structure were identified as regulators of homeotic gene complexes. |
| In these plants, some sepals showed homeotic transformations to carpels, becoming fused and presenting ovules and stigmatic papillae. |
| In the third whorl the stamens have petaloid cells on their filaments and no homeotic transformation is observed. |
