HOMEOTIC GENE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One the genes that are involved in embryologic development

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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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