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Hox clusters, which confer axial patterning on bilaterian embryos, also contain microRNAs. This analysis suggests that these microRNAs specifically target the Hox genes that lie to their 3′ side, thereby reinforcing the dominance of posterior Hox genes over anterior ones.
