Figure 1: Hox clusters, Hox genes and Hox function. The mechanisms by which the Hox genes control, and are controlled in, normal vertebrate development occur according to three basic precepts.

In order for the pair of wings and the pair of halteres (as well as all other parts of the fly) to develop properly, the fly's suite of Hox genes must be expressed in a precise way and at precise ...

In most bilateral animals, the Hox-cluster genes encode a group of conserved transcription factors that are responsible for defining axial identity on the anterior–posterior (A–P) axis.

Scientists have long searched for ways to decipher how Hox genes create this body map; a key to decoding how we build our bodies. Now an international group of researchers from Columbia University ...

Researchers at New York University have created artificial Hox genes—which plan and direct where cells go to develop tissues or organs—using new synthetic DNA technology and genomic engineering in ...

"Our study demonstrates unprecedented roles for two Hox genes," said Armin Moczek, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Biology and co-author on the paper with ...

We humans share about 40% of our genes with bananas. - Okay. So I am right. - But that's just part of our DNA. Have you ever heard of Hox genes? - Oh, oh, I have! Hox genes are the brand.

They show that by knocking out the expression of the Hoxa2 gene the path of the neurons changes, causing them to end up in the wrong part of the brain. Hox genes are crucial in the orchestration ...