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What are hox genes?

I don't really understand what they are, could anyone explain?
I do OCR Biology by the way - A Level
Thank you! ^.^
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Original post by Shostakovish
I don't really understand what they are, could anyone explain?


They are a group of closely related genes that control the body plan of an embryo along the head-tail (anterior-posterior) axis.

The picture here gives a good visual demonstration :yep:

Hope this helps :h:

Original post by Neuth
They are a group of closely related genes that control the body plan of an embryo along the head-tail (anterior-posterior) axis.

The picture here gives a good visual demonstration :yep:

Hope this helps :h:




Thank you so much! That really cleared some things up! :biggrin:

What I still don't understand though is the difference between homeotic genes and homeobox genes.

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