homeobox

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homeobox

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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.

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@misc{homeobox_2026,
  title = {homeobox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/homeobox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}