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R A White, R Lehmann

    Cell
    |October 24, 1986
    PubMed
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    The hunchback (hb) gene is crucial for defining Ultrabithorax (Ubx) protein boundaries during embryonic segmentation. Mutations in hb, knirps (kni), and Krüppel (Kr) disrupt segmentation and alter Ubx expression patterns.

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