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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2024🎓 HS🔄 Round 13#️⃣ Question 22 TOSS UP✍️ Short Answer

Floral genes AGAMOUS (AAH-guh-mous) and DEFICIENS (duh-FE-shuns) which have homeotic (home-EE-ought-ic) functions comparable to animal HOX (hawks) genes, are part of which gene family, named for a characteristic highly conserved sequence motif both genes contain?

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