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.