Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun homeotic_gene

1 sense of homeotic gene

Sense 1
homeotic gene -- (one the genes that are involved in embryologic development)
       => gene, cistron, factor -- ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors")