Hox

There's something called the Hox gene, which ensures that we mostly get the right number this gene also, intriguingly, governs the numbers game when it comes to the development of the penis and clitoris.

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Apparently when mutations happen in a certain cluster of genes, called the Hox gene cluster, it affects many physical characteristics at the same time, allowing for rapid speciation.

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A gene can only be called a Hox gene sensu stricto if it has a homeobox sequence, is homologous to other known Hox genes, and is organized in a colinear cluster.

Jellyfish lack true Hox genes! - The Panda's Thumb 2006

A gene can only be called a Hox gene sensu stricto if it has a homeobox sequence, is homologous to other known Hox genes, and is organized in a colinear cluster.

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This process is partly regulated by the so-called Hox genes, which are active in various parts of the body and work to give each piece its unique regional identity - a kind of GPS system of the body.

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This process is partly regulated by the so-called Hox genes, which are active in various parts of the body and work to give each piece its unique regional identity - a kind of GPS system of the body.

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Understanding this code, which relies on a large family of genes that produce proteins called Hox factors, may help scientists restore motor neuron function in people whose spinal cords have been damaged by trauma or disease.

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So-called Hox genes, which lay down the body plan in an embryo, are so similar in people and fruit flies that they can be used interchangeably, yet the last common ancestor of people and fruit flies lived about 600 million years ago.

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The first so-called Hox paradox was the discovery that homologous genes ”code” for fundamentally different body plans.

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To get an additional pair of limbs attached to the thorax would require some additional Hox action, which would probably mess up a lot of other things.

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