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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