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HOMEOBOX GENE

• HOMEOBOX GENE (noun)
The noun HOMEOBOX GENE has 1 sense:

1. one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development

Familiarity information: HOMEOBOX GENE used as a noun is very rare.

• HOMEOBOX GENE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

homeobox; homeobox gene

Hypernyms ("homeobox gene" is a kind of...):

homeotic gene (one the genes that are involved in embryologic development)

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