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homeotic gene

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Noun1.homeotic gene - one the genes that are involved in embryologic development
cistron, gene, factor - (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; "genes were formerly called factors"
homeobox, homeobox gene - one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development
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If the head homeotic gene fails to switch on the cascade of genes that construct the head, then the animal won't develop a head.
Strands of Life by Bailey, Ronald / Reason
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