HOX gene is responsible for which malformation_____________?
Correct answer: A. Polysyndactyly
- A. Polysyndactyly
- B. Holoprosencephaly
- C. Mayer Rokitansky syndrome
- D. Gorlin syndrome
Explanation
HOXD13 mutations disrupt limb patterning and classically produce synpolydactyly or polysyndactyly. The other syndromes result from different developmental or genetic abnormalities.
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