Hox Genes

question 136

Multiple Choice

Hox genes

• A) encode protein domains that are important in development and that have been highly conserved over evolutionary time.
• B) are found in diverse organisms.
• C) can produce the wrong structure in the wrong place when mutated.
• D) help determine cell fate within each segment of a developing Drosophila embryo.
• E) All of the above

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