homeobox
/ˌhɒmɪə(ʊ)ˈbɒks
/ /ˌhəʊmɪə(ʊ)ˈbɒks/(also homoeobox)
noun Genetics
Any of a class of closely similar sequences which occur in various genes and are involved in regulating embryonic development in a wide range of species: [as modifier]: homeobox gene...
- Black vertical lines indicate the typical homeobox gene family and gray vertical lines the atypical homeobox gene family.
- A homeobox gene involved in setting up the mammalian body plan also appears to control grooming behavior in mice.
- Because of their fundamental importance in development, homeobox genes are of substantial interest to evolutionary biologists as they may provide key information on the evolution of development.
Origin
1980s: from homeotic (see homeosis) + the noun box1; first discovered in homeotic genes of Drosophila fruit flies.
- playable
- play about (or around)
- play-act
- play-action pass
- play-actor
- play-actress
- playa-hata
- playa-hater
- playa lake
- play a let
- play a lone hand
- play along
- play a (or one's) hunch
- play a part
- play a trick (or joke) on
- play away
- playback
- playback singer
- play ball
- playbill
- playboat
- playboater
- playboating
- play bone
- playbook