Homeotic Mutation
Homeotic mutations are changes in the genetic makeup of an organism which result in an incorrect positional placement of certain organs or structures. Genetic mutations such as these...
Read more
Homeobox
Since their discovery by David Hogness in the genome of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster in 1983, homeobox genes, and the proteins they encode the homeodomain proteins, have turned to pl...
Read more
Hox Genes
Morphology, i.e., the shape of body structures and organs, are determined by a class of genes known in mammals as Hox genes (that is homologous to Homeotic genes in Drosophila melanogaster, ...
Read more
Homeotic Mutation
Homeobox