12.18.05

Freebie article: Hox Genesis

Posted in Evolution at 12:02 am by nemo

Articles at Nature Genetics will cost you, so a freebie is nice: here’s an article on Hox Genesis at Pharyngula:

One of the hallmark characters of animals is the presence of a specific cluster of genes that are responsible for staking out the spatial domains of the body plan along the longitudinal axis. These are the Hox genes.

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