See Also: Homeobox(medicine)
homeobox(dictionary)
genes, homeobox(medicine)

homeobox (iou)



homeobox noun. Also homoeobox. L20.
[from HOMOEO(TIC + BOX noun2 (as first discovered in homoeotic genes of Drosophila fruit flies).]
Genetics. Any of a class of closely similar sequences which occur in various genes and are involved in regulating embryonic development in a wide range of species.
Comb.: homeobox gene a gene containing a homeobox.