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homeobox
homeobox
English
Noun
homeobox (plural homeoboxes)
- (genetics) A short sequence of DNA that is shared by several genes involved in the morphogenesis of many organisms.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 176:
- When he looked in mice, there it was again: almost exactly the same 180-letter string – the homeobox.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 176: