Word.ws English Dictionary

homeobox genes

homeobox genes is the plural of homeobox gene.

Meaning of homeobox gene

Noun

homeobox gene (plural homeobox genes)

  1. Any of several genes that share a common sequence of DNA and are involved in the regulation of morphogenesis.

Questions about homeobox genes

What is homeobox genes the plural of?
Homeobox genes is the plural of homeobox gene.

Words near homeobox genes in the dictionary

  1. homeo-
  2. homeoarchy
  3. homeoblastic
  4. homeobox
  5. homeobox gene
  6. homeobox genes
  7. homeoboxes
  8. homeochaos
  9. homeochaotic
  10. homeochronous
  11. homeodimeric

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: homeobox genes (page history and authors); homeobox gene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “homeobox genes.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/homeobox_genes. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.