Inheritance and Gene Expression
Reading: Hox Genes in Development: The Hox Code Myers (Nature Ed) https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/hox-genes-in-development-the-hox-code-41402/?error=cookies_not_supported&code=b86bbaba-b4e9-4cdd-800b-dba643dd4a82 Fruit Flies: A Very Distant Cousin Roberts (The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/18/fruit-flies-embryology-hox-genes Pleiotropy: One Gene Can Affect Multiple Traits Lobo (Nature Ed) https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/pleiotropy-one-gene-can-affect-multiple-traits-569/?error=cookies_not_supported&code=4c8461d6-b837-4156-91f8-236f0a14147c Assignment: What are Hox genes and what do they have to do with linking a fruit fly to you? How did experiments with mice contribute to our understanding of animal development? Format: 1 page double-spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman, 1″ margins *No source needed, just read the 3 articles and answer the 3 questions (preferably in 2 paragraphs)