English Dictionary

homeobox

名詞

(genetics) A short sequence of DNA that is shared by several genes involved in the morphogenesis of many organisms.

日本語の意味

生命体の形態形成に関与する複数の遺伝子に共通する、短いDNA配列

The researchers identified a mutation in the homeobox that altered limb development in the embryo.

研究者たちは、胚の肢の発生を変化させた、形態形成に関与する複数の遺伝子に共通する短いDNA配列の変異を特定した。

意味（1）

(genetics) A short sequence of DNA that is shared by several genes involved in the morphogenesis of many organisms.

When he looked in mice, there it was again: almost exactly the same 180-letter string – the homeobox.

homeoboxes （ plural ）