Nucleic Acid Hybridization Was Used to Test Which of the Following

question 73

Multiple Choice

Nucleic acid hybridization was used to test which of the following hypotheses about Hox genes?

• A) Hox genes are transcription factors.
• B) Hox genes were derived from duplications of a single ancestral gene.
• C) Hox genes are responsible for the identity of segments in the developing embryo.
• D) Hox genes are maternal effect genes.
• E) Hox genes encode morphogens.

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