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bix1.6

his is the community wiki page for the gene bix1.6 please feel free to add any information that is relevant to this gene that is not already captured elsewhere in Xenbase.

nomenclature changes

13APR2026 Xenopus gene names was updated, changing from LOC116411062, homeobox protein Mix.1-like to bix1.7, brachyury-inducible homeobox 1, gene 7.

This gene is part of a 7-gene expansion of six genes in X. tropicalis, an dis not found in the v10 assembly for X.laevis.L ot X. laevis S sub genomes. Despite its previous name , it is not amex or mixer gene.

See simple synteny maps for clarifcation of conserved gene order.