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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 4
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Carmen CUÉLLAR LÁZARO, Isabel COMAS MARTÍNEZ, Laura SANJUÁN LANCHO, Lucia UDRESCU
  • Creation / modification date: 02-03-2014
  • Term: homoeotic gene
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: One gene that determines the developmental fates of cells.
  • Context: The engrailed locus of Drosophila melanogaster has the characteristics of both a homoeotic gene and a segmentation gene; like a homoeotic gene, it specifies the development of specific compartments of the Drosophila embryo (the posterior compartments of each segment) […]
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: OLIVA VIRGILI, Rafal et al. (2004). Genética médica. Barcelona: Universidad de Barcelona.
    • Definition: OLIVA VIRGILI, Rafal et al. (2004). Genética médica. Barcelona: Universidad de Barcelona.
    • Context: JOUVE DE LA BARREDA, Nicolás (2008). Explorando los genes: Del Big-Bang a la nueva biología. Madrid: Encuentro.
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    • homoeotic gene
      http://www.snv.jussieu.fr/bmedia/homeotique/homeo2.html
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