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IrinaK [193]
3 years ago
5

What does it mean when the homeobox genes are said to be highly conserved?

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1 answer:
Allushta [10]3 years ago
5 0
Highly conserved genes are important for normal function of the organism of every species from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. So such genes do not mutate easily and are highly preserved.

https://socratic.org/questions/what-does-it-mean-for-a-gene-to-be-highly-conserved

Hope this helped!!
~xox Melis
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