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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of a group of genes with a characteristic sequence of nucleotides coding an amino acid sequence that functions in binding to DNA. Homeobox genes are involved in the formation of bodily segmentation during embryologic development.
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- noun genetics Any of several
genes that share a commonsequence ofDNA and are involved in theregulation ofmorphogenesis
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- noun one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development
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