Hox genes are regulatory genes in multicellular animals that code for transcription factors that determine the basic body plan in a developing embryoThey act as switches that turn other genes on and offScientists have found that a mutation in a fruit fly hox gene produces flies with legs Instead of antennae sticking out of their headsAnother hox gene mutation results in fruit flies with two pairs of wings instead of one pairHox genes affect body plans by controlling the expression of many other genes.

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Hox genes are regulatory genes in multicellular animals that code for transcription factors that determine the basic body plan in a developing embryoThey act as switches that turn other genes on and offScientists have found that a mutation in a fruit fly hox gene produces flies with legs Instead of antennae sticking out of their headsAnother hox gene mutation results in fruit flies with two pairs of wings instead of one pairHox genes affect body plans by controlling the expression of many other genes.

Many multicellular animals have the same hox genes. Which statement is evidence for this claim?

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The body plans of complex animals change over generations

There is a wide variety of body plans in complex animals

The body plans of complex animals typically have a large number of mutations

The body plans of complex animals are very similar to one another

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