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toesha toesha
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12 years ago
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.
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12 years ago
Genes are not found "on" the body.

Here is the wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hox
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12 years ago
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....)
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