HOMEOTIC GENE
Dictionary entry overview: What does homeotic gene mean? • HOMEOTIC GENE (noun)
The noun HOMEOTIC GENE has 1 sense:
1. one the genes that are involved in embryologic development
Familiarity information: HOMEOTIC GENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOMEOTIC GENE (noun)
Meaning:
One the genes that are involved in embryologic development
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
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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