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Objectives Heart development is a strictly regulated process,and many gene families contribute to regulating genetic network to achieve this program.The homeobox genes are such a family encodes transcription factors, and it contains two closely related members, Shox and Shox2.During the embryonic cardiac development, Shox2 is restrictedly expressed in the sinoatrial node (SAN) and the sinus valves.