{"id":11,"date":"2021-03-01T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genetec.io\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2021-12-01T22:18:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T22:18:43","slug":"investments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/genetec.io\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"HOX gene cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From Wikipedia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hox genes<\/strong>, a subset of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homeobox\">homeobox genes<\/a>, are a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gene_cluster\">group of related genes<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evolutionary_developmental_biology\">specify regions of the body plan<\/a>\u00a0of an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Embryo\">embryo<\/a>\u00a0along the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Craniocaudal_axis\">head-tail axis<\/a>\u00a0of animals. Hox\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proteins\">proteins<\/a>\u00a0encode and specify the characteristics of &#8216;position&#8217;, ensuring that the correct structures form in the correct places of the body. For example, Hox genes in insects specify which appendages form on a segment (e.g. legs, antennae, and wings in fruit flies), and Hox genes in vertebrates specify the types and shape of vertebrae that will form. In segmented animals, Hox proteins thus confer segmental or positional identity, but do not form the actual segments themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Wikipedia: Hox genes, a subset of\u00a0homeobox genes, are a\u00a0group of related genes\u00a0that\u00a0specify regions of the body plan\u00a0of an\u00a0embryo\u00a0along the\u00a0head-tail axis\u00a0of animals. Hox\u00a0proteins\u00a0encode and specify the characteristics of &#8216;position&#8217;, ensuring that the correct structures form in the correct places of the body. For example, Hox genes in insects specify which appendages form on a segment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genetec.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genetec.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genetec.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genetec.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genetec.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/genetec.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62,"href":"https:\/\/genetec.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genetec.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}