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Homeobox protein Hox-D8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HOXD8 gene.This gene belongs to the homeobox family of genes. The homeobox genes encode a highly conserved family of transcription factors that play an important role in morphogenesis in all multicellular organisms. Mammals possess four similar homeobox gene clusters HOXA HOXB HOXC and HOXD located on different chromosomes consisting of 9 to 11 genes arranged in tandem.