Indicate True (T) and False (F) Statements Below Regarding Hox

question 43

Short Answer

Indicate true (T) and false (F) statements below regarding Hox genes. Your answer would be a four-letter string composed of letters T and F only, e.g. TTTF.
( ) The order of expression of Hox genes along the body corresponds to their order in the Hox complex.
( ) Generally, the more anterior of the Hox genes dominate (or suppress) posterior Hox genes.
( ) When a posterior Hox gene is artificially expressed in an anterior region of the embryo, the tissue maintains its anterior character.
( ) Hox genes control the A-P axis in both vertebrates and invertebrates.

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