HOMEOTIC


Meaning of HOMEOTIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhō-mē-ˈä-tik, ˌhä- ]

adjective

Etymology: from homeosis, homoeosis a shift in structural development, from Greek homoiōsis assimilation, resemblance, from homoioun to make like, from homoios

Date: 1894

: relating to, caused by, or being a gene producing a usually major shift in the developmental fate of an organ or body part

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