Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various genes that determine the type or location of a body part during an organism's development, especially in the early embryonic development of vertebrates.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one the genes that are involved in embryologic development
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek homoiōsis, a being made like, resemblance, from homoioun, to make like, from homoios, like; see homeo–.]
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