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Definition of Homeotic
1. being a gene producing a shift in development [adj]
Medical Definition of Homeotic
1. Pertaining to or characterised by homeosis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homeotic
Literary usage of Homeotic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gene Transfer in Animal Systems: Bibliography, 1985-1991 (1993)
"Mutations in Pc-group genes show strong posterior transformations in homozygous
embryos resulting from an ec- topic expression of homeotic genes in segments ..."
2. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"... “Hepatocyte nuclear factor 3 alpha belongs to a gene family in mammals that
is homologous to the Drosophila homeotic gene fork head”, Genes Dev 5, pp. ..."
3. Gene Expression in Horticultural Crops: Bibliography January 1991-October 1992 by Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"F6S The MADS box gene family in tomuto: temporal expression during floral
development, conserved secondary structures and limnology with homeotic genes from ..."
4. Biotechnology: Education & Training edited by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"Topics include dried pea shape, homeotic genes, gene transcription in plants that
are touched or wounded, production of grasslands, seaweed defenses, ..."
5. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"Ramirez-Solis, R.; Zheng, H.; Whiting, J.; Krumlauf, R.; and Bradley, A.
Hoxb-4 (Hox-2.6) mutant mice show homeotic transformation of a cervical vertebra ..."
6. Nuclear Nonproliferation: Implementation of the U. S. North Korean Agreed by Gene Aloise (1998)
"Topics include dried pea shape, homeotic genes, gene transcription in plants that
are touched or wounded, production of grasslands, seaweed defenses, ..."
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