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homoeobox

homoeobox is the alternative spelling of homeobox.

Meaning of homeobox

Noun

homeobox (plural homeoboxes)

  1. 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.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 176

Forms of homoeobox

pluralhomoeoboxes

Questions about homoeobox

What is homoeobox the alternative spelling of?
Homoeobox is the alternative spelling of homeobox.

Words near homoeobox in the dictionary

  1. homoelasticity
  2. homoenolate
  3. homoenolates
  4. homoeo-
  5. homoeoblastic
  6. homoeobox
  7. homoeoboxes
  8. homoeodont
  9. homoeogeneous
  10. homoeogenesis
  11. homoeograph

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Adapted from Wiktionary: homoeobox (page history and authors); homeobox (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.

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