Chapter 28, Problem 1E.3QC

Summary Introduction

To design:

The experiments to test that a particular HOX gene controlled at a particular time of development.

Introduction:

HOX genes encode the transcription factor that specify cell fate and identify the embryonic pattern along the primary axis: anterior or posterior, as well as the secondary axis, genital and limb bud. It further sends the information to other executive genes to encode transcription factors that work as morphogen signals that plays a major role in positioning of limbs, gastrointestinal tract, urogenital tract, and nervous system.