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HOMEOTIC GENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One the genes that are involved in embryologic development
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("homeotic gene" is a kind of...):
cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homeotic gene"):
homeobox; homeobox gene (one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development)
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