The Pax6 gene

A. is a master control gene for eye development.
B. codes for a protein that controls the expression of many other genes.
C. mutant can cause aniridia in humans.
D. is a homolog to the eyeless gene in Drosophila.
E. All of the choices are correct.


E. All of the choices are correct.

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