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Title: What is hox genes?
Post by: toesha on Apr 1, 2012
I need information about "Hox Genes",and speicially in fishes.
Tell me what is that? what do? where on the body can be found? and please give me some refs and sites about it.


Title: What is hox genes?
Post by: toes2thnose on Apr 1, 2012
Genes are not found "on" the body.

Here is the wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hox


Title: What is hox genes?
Post by: rivera5454 on Apr 4, 2012
They are a kind of homeobox genes. Generally, these are responsible for the development of body parts, simmetry, etc.
A good summary:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeobox

(but this has already been answered....)


Title: What is hox genes?
Post by: fireman on Apr 7, 2012
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