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Chapters #5 and #2
wild-type fruit fly
Box 4A
antennapedia mutant
The Hox gene family are examples of homeotic genes.
Homeotic genes are genes that when mutant cause a change in the
spatial position of structures (change in address).
wild-type fruit fly
Box 4A
antennapedia mutant
The Hox gene family are examples of homeotic genes.
Homeotic genes are genes that when mutant cause a change in the
spatial position of structures (change in address).
Box 4A
The Hox gene family are examples of homeotic genes.
Hox proteins work in a combinatorial manner to determine
A/P axis address.
Fig. 4.9
Chapter 2: Drosophila embryogenesis
wild-type fruit fly
Box 4A
antennapedia mutant
not in text
Genes to focus on during Drosophila embryogenesis
Bicoid
Hunchback
Even-skipped
Engrailed
Antennapedia
Hedgehog
Wingless
Gurken
Toll
Dorsal
Decapentaplegic
Short gastrulation
2.8 fly A/P axis
gene hierarchy
Look at the summary paragraphs and associated flow charts
throughout Chapter 2:
p. 66
Summary: Early Expression of Zygotic Genes