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Antp also refers to a gene complex (ANT-C) in Drosophila ending with the Antp gene.
Antp is the name of a single gene, not the name of the whole complex. The five-gene complex is called the Antennapedia complex, or ANT-C, and Antp is just one member of it.
Full reasoning
Authoritative gene databases distinguish Antp from ANT-C.
- FlyBase's gene report identifies Antennapedia (Antp) as "the distal-most member of the Antennapedia complex"—that is, a single gene within the complex, not another name for the whole complex.
- FlyBase's separate gene-group report names the complex ANTENNAPEDIA COMPLEX with symbol ANT-C and lists five members.
- NCBI likewise treats Antp as one gene (Gene ID: 40835), not as the name of the complex.
So the article is conflating the individual Antp gene with the broader Antennapedia complex (ANT-C).
3 sources
- FlyBase Gene Report: Dmel\Antp
Antennapedia (Antp) is the distal-most member of the Antennapedia complex; one of two Hox gene complexes.
- Gene Group: ANTENNAPEDIA COMPLEX
Name ANTENNAPEDIA COMPLEX ... Symbol ANT-C ... Number of members 5 ... The Antennapedia complex (ANT-C) is one of two Hox gene complexes.
- Antp Antennapedia [Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)] - Gene - NCBI
Official Symbol Antp ... Gene ID: 40835 ... Gene type protein coding
It is responsible for formation and differentiation of the thoracic and head segments of the fly's body.
The Antennapedia complex does not pattern all thoracic segments. FlyBase says ANT-C specifies the head and anterior thorax, while the separate bithorax complex specifies the posterior thorax and abdomen.
Full reasoning
This sentence overstates what the Antennapedia complex does.
According to FlyBase, ANT-C controls the identity of segments that contribute to the head and the anterior thorax. The remaining thoracic territory is handled by the bithorax complex (BX-C), which FlyBase says controls the identity of the segments that contribute to the posterior thorax and each abdominal segment.
So ANT-C is not responsible for the fly's thoracic and head segments in general; more precisely, it patterns the head and anterior thorax. The posterior thorax is assigned by BX-C, not ANT-C.
3 sources
- Gene Group: ANTENNAPEDIA COMPLEX
The Antennapedia complex (ANT-C) is one of two Hox gene complexes... ANT-C controls the identity of segments that contribute to the head and the anterior thorax.
- Gene Group: BITHORAX COMPLEX
The bithorax complex (BX-C) is one of two Hox gene complexes... The BX-C controls the identity of the segments that contribute to the posterior thorax and each abdominal segment of the fly.
- FlyBase Gene Report: Dmel\Antp
Gene Group (FlyBase) ANTENNAPEDIA COMPLEX - ... ANT-C controls the identity of segments that contribute to the head and the anterior thorax.