homeotic

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From homeosis +‎ -otic.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /hɒmiːˈɒtɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Adjective

homeotic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to homeosis
    • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 176:
      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.
    • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 365:
      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.

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