homeobox gene

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

   Synonymshomeobox

   Broaderhomeotic gene

Questions about homeobox gene

What does homeobox gene mean?

homeobox gene means "one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development".

What is another word for homeobox gene?

Close synonyms include homeobox. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is homeobox gene a common word?

homeobox gene is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.