Genes & Development is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering molecular biology, molecular genetics, cell biology, and development. It was established...

Hox genes, a subset of homeobox genes, are a group of related genes that specify regions of the body plan of an embryo along the head-tail axis of animals...

categories: caretaker genes, gatekeeper genes, and more recently landscaper genes. Caretaker genes ensure stability of the genome via DNA repair and subsequently...

target genes. Homeodomain proteins regulate gene expression and cell differentiation during early embryonic development, thus mutations in homeobox genes can...

Homeotic genes are genes which regulate the development of anatomical structures in various organisms such as echinoderms, insects, mammals, and plants...

embryo and at different stages of development, forming a complex cascade of control, switching other regulatory genes as well as structural genes on and off...

types of molecular genes: protein-coding genes and non-coding genes. During gene expression (the synthesis of RNA or protein from a gene), DNA is first copied...

phenomenon that causes genes to be expressed or not, depending on whether they are inherited from the female or male parent. Genes can also be partially...

zebrafish, and mice. In mice, gene knockouts are commonly used to study the function of specific genes in development, physiology, and cancer research...

Philip Ingham, Andrew P. McMahon and Clifford Tabin revealed three homologous genes. Two of these genes, desert hedgehog and Indian hedgehog, were named for...

to leaves. The gene products of genes with D and E functions are also MADS-box genes. The methodology for studying flower development involves two steps...

gene is a gene whose DNA sequence is located within the cell nucleus of a eukaryotic organism. These genes are distinguished from extranuclear genes,...

A gap gene is a type of gene involved in the development of the segmented embryos of some arthropods. Gap genes are defined by the effect of a mutation...

Paired box (Pax) genes are a family of genes coding for tissue specific transcription factors containing an N-terminal paired domain and usually a partial...

of the genes which the individual contains." The more deeply creodes are carved into the epigenetic landscape, the weaker the influence of genes over development...

differential expression concerns only a slight number of methylated genes: only one fifth of genes with CpG methylation shows variable expression according to...

thousands of genes, but not all these genes need to be active at any given moment. A gene is expressed when it is being transcribed into mRNA and there exist...

new developments in the life sciences and their influence on the individual and society. Her primer for the lay-reader, Coming to Life: How Genes Drive...

of genes that give way to the developmental structure of the fly: maternal effect genes, segmentation genes, and homeotic genes. The development of Drosophila...

Spatiotemporal gene expression is the activation of genes within specific tissues of an organism at specific times during development. Gene activation patterns...

of Igf2 and H19 genes by deleting a region of H19 in the newborn egg. These two genes are key regulators of mammalian embryonic development and have different...

complicated and SRY may in fact inhibit some anti-male genes. The idea is instead of having a simplistic mechanism by which you have pro-male genes going all...

genes in humans that regulate body plan development. Humans have four sets of Hox genes, numbering 39 genes altogether, all of which aid in the differentiation...

The ParaHox gene cluster is an array of homeobox genes (involved in morphogenesis, the regulation of patterns of anatomical development) from the Gsx...

genes, or between the environment and mutated genes. By identifying genetic markers inherited with autism in family studies, numerous candidate genes...

The halloween genes are a set of genes identified in Drosophila melanogaster that influence embryonic development. All of the genes code for cytochrome...

rate and these genes can be used as a reference point in experiments to measure the expression rates of other genes. A facultative gene is a gene only...

that the morphogenetic field was a middle ground between genes and evolution. That is, genes act upon fields, which then act upon the developing organism...

contains somewhere between 19,000 and 20,000 protein-coding genes. These genes contain an average of 10 introns and the average size of an intron is about...

as infectious diseases and neurodegenerative disorders. Gene silencing is often considered the same as gene knockdown. When genes are silenced, their expression...