In mammals, Hox genes:
A)specify limbs and other structures associated with each body segment.
B)direct development of structures that become parts of the hindbrain, spinal cord, and vertebral column.
C)evolved by partial-genome duplication from the ancestral genes.
D)are expressed in a sequence that does not reflect their linear order in the chromosome or the regions they affect.
E)All of these choices are correct.

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The Answer of In mammals, Hox genes:
A)specify limbs and other structures associated with each body segment.
B)direct development of structures that become parts of the hindbrain, spinal cord, and vertebral column.
C)evolved by partial-genome duplication from the ancestral genes.
D)are expressed in a sequence that does not reflect their linear order in the chromosome or the regions they affect.
E)All of these choices are correct.

In Mammals, Hox Genes