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HOMEOBOX GENE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
One of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development
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Hypernyms ("homeobox gene" is a kind of...):
homeotic gene (one the genes that are involved in embryologic development)