Mutations of a specific set of homeotic genes can result in altered floral structure.
Yi-Hong Wang, Michael A Campbell 2008, 'Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of tomato elicits unexpected flower phenotypeswith similar gene expression profiles.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2493039?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In sloths the homeotic vertebral shift involves a large part of the vertebral column.
Varela-Lasheras Irma, Bakker Alexander J, van der Mije Steven D, Metz Johan AJ, vanAlphen Joris, Galis Frietson 2011, 'Breaking evolutionary and pleiotropic constraints in mammals: On sloths, manateesand homeotic mutations', EvoDevohttp://www.evodevojournal.com/content/2/1/11. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, domino was observed initially to maintain a repressive chromatin state via genetic interaction studies with homeotic genes.
Kaitlyn Ellis, Joanna Wardwell-Ozgo, Kenneth H. Moberg, Barry Yedvobnick 2018, 'The domino SWI2/SNF2 Gene Product Represses Cell Death in Drosophila melanogaster',G3: Genes, Genomes, Geneticshttp://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.118.200228. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)