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Evo-devo gene toolkit
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<p>The evo-devo gene toolkit is the small subset of <a href="/facts/Gene/e1swwPY6">genes</a> in an organism's <a href="/facts/Genome/31Sm08JT">genome</a> whose products control the organism's <a href="/facts/Developmental_biology/9dLJhCCv">embryonic development</a>. Toolkit genes are central to the synthesis of <a href="/facts/Molecular_genetics/Q8wsm0FE">molecular genetics</a>, <a href="/facts/Palaeontology/60n5yldd">palaeontology</a>, <a href="/facts/Evolution/Hj0qAaBk">evolution</a> and developmental biology in the science of <a href="/facts/Evolutionary_developmental_biology/gl4ysPCa">evolutionary developmental biology</a> (evo-devo). Many of them are ancient and highly <a href="/facts/Conserved_sequence/YAxy2Xa2">conserved</a> among animal <a href="/facts/Phylum/ELT3Jyax">phyla</a>. </p>