How To Use homeotic gene In A Sentence
- Changes to homeotic genes cause monstrosities (two heads, a leg where an eye should be, etc.); they do not change an amphibian into a reptile, for example.
- He and his group have discovered the homeobox, a DNA segment characteristic for homeotic genes which is not only present in arthropods and their ancestors, but also in vertebrates up to man.
- Genes identified by such mutations are called homeotic genes because when mutated they result in homeosis - the transformation of a whole segment or structure into another related one, as in the transformation of antenna to leg.
- These genes encode proteins that are involved in regulating the expression of homeotic genes by changing chromatin structure.
- Several genes involved in the regulation of chromatin structure were identified as regulators of homeotic gene complexes.
- This caused other homeotic genes to respecify this particular segment into one that forms wings. Physiology or Medicine 1995 - Press Release
- Inactivity of the first gene of the bithorax-complex in the appropriate larval segment caused other homeotic genes to respecify the 3rd thoracic segment into one that forms wings instead of halteres. Lewis' Discoveries
- For example, it is becoming clear that co-option has played a critical role in evolution and the homeotic genes are not exempt in this regard.
