homeobox gene

[ hoh-mee-uh-boks ]

noun
  1. any of a group of genes whose function is to divide the early embryo into bands of cells with the potential to become specific organs or tissues.

Origin of homeobox gene

1
First recorded in 1985–90; homeo- + box1

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