Amber L. Rittgers

Nov 12, 2023 | digitalcommons.gaacademy.org | Jennifer Lange |Adam Davis |Amber L. Rittgers

AbstractHox genes are evolutionarily conserved developmental regulatory genes that function, in part, to pattern the anterior-posterior (AP) axis of organs and organ systems during animal embryonic development. Hoxa5, specifically, is shown to be expressed in the spinal cord, somites, or transient compartments giving rise to the vertebrae and ribs, developing gut, lungs, and limbs of the mouse (Mus musculus).