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gene clusters

hardies at thorin.uthscsa.edu hardies at thorin.uthscsa.edu
Fri May 19 00:25:25 EST 1995


In article <3pfrjf$3ld at newstand.syr.edu>, griffin at mailbox.syr.edu 
(David H. Griffin) writes:

> ...Is gene clustering of
> physiologically related genes common amongst other organisms than
> fungi?
> Any ideas on the
> evolutionary basis?

Major histocompatibility complex in mammals: coordinated inheritance
of a polymorphic haplotype

hox complex in mammals, homeobox complex in Drosophila (bithorax, antennepedia,
etc): order of
expression during development somehow influenced by relative
chromosomal location.

Steve Hardies




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