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09/15/2004 Entry: "Drosophila Hmx gene and mouse inner ear a drama in N parts?"

biomedcentral has an interesting story -Drosophila Hmx gene directs development of mouse inner ear, an organ flies don't possess -- according to this fascinating discovery, " ... genetic mutation was not necessarily the primary evolutionary force producing morphological change in mammals ... Drosophilia Hmx gene partially rescued the development of the mouse inner ear, revealing that the gene could direct the development of an organ it does not even possess. ... Thomas Lufkin, of the Genome Institute of Singapore states "But, an equal possibility is that, instead of the gene sequence mutating, the same gene can acquire new expression domains".

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