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- From: mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu (Michael Levin)
- Newsgroups: sci.bio
- Subject: how do you look for downstream genes (Homeobox example)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.100325.18799@husc3.harvard.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 15:03:25 GMT
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- We were studying the role of homeobox genes in the chick limb (in a
- class on developmental biology). It appears that different hox genes
- get turned on in different parts of the limb, forming a position-code.
- I am interested in how, once these genes turn on (read the positional
- information), they then cause the proper morphological development of
- the limb. So, does anyone know anything about the down-stream effects
- of Hox genes? If so, are there references? How would one go about
- studying this? In general, how does one look for downstream effects of
- genes? Please reply to mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu.
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- Mike Levin
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