Sources

Hox Genes in Development: The Hox Code – Myers (Nature Ed)
https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/hox-genes-in-development-the-hox-code-41402/

Fruit Flies: A Very Distant Cousin – Roberts (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/18/fruit-flies-embryology-hox-genes

Pleiotropy: One Gene Can Affect Multiple Traits – Lobo (Nature Ed)
https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/pleiotropy-one-gene-can-affect-multiple-traits-569/

Assignment: What are Hox genes and what do they have to do with linking a fruit fly to you? How did experiments with mice contribute to our understanding of animal development?