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#Question id: 7111


Hox genes:

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
  1. encode transcription factors which specify a position along the anterior-posterior axis in vertebrates
  2. make signaling molecules used during somite formation
  3. control the formation of vertebrae in mice, but are not found in other animals
  4. are expressed such that the low-numbered genes, a1, b1, and so on, are expressed in the posterior regions, whereas high-numbered genes are expressed in more anterior regions