Homeotic

Quick meaning: Homeotic is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to homeosis.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to homeosis.

Example Sentences

A certain segment of the body, in other words, had done something appropriate to a different segment of the body. Something had gone wrong with the homeotic genes.

Further probings revealed the existence of a clutch of master control genes, each directing the development of a section of body, which were dubbed homeotic (from a Greek word meaning ‘similar’) or hox genes.

Word Forms

• homoeotic

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include agamous, homeochaotic, homeoidal, homeorhetic, homoeoidal, homomesic.

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