When a genome contains a cluster of genes with related sequences, mispairing between nonallelic loci can cause unequal crossing over. This produces a deletion in one recombinant chromosome and a corresponding duplication in the other.

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Cytoplasmic Determinants are molecules, often transcription factors that regulate gene expression that directs the cell along a particular path of maturation.

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Major genes affecting segmentation pattern 

1.Gap genes                 2. Pair rule genes(primary)           3. Segment polarity genes      

Kruppel (Kr)                    hairy(h)                                             engrailed (en)

knirps (kni)                      even skipped(eve)                           wingless (wg)

hunchback (hb)              runt(run)                                           cubitus interruptus(ci) 

giant (gt)                          Pair rule genes (secondary)           hedgehog(hh)

tailless (til)                       fushi tarazu (ftz)                              fused (fu)

huckebein (hkb)              odd paired (opa)                             armadillo (arm)

buttonhead (btd)            odd skipped (odd)                          patched (ptc)

empty spiracles (ems)    sloppy paired (slp)                          gooseberry (gsb)

orthodenticle (otd)         paired (prd)                                      pangolin (pan

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior