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sevenless

sevenless noun: a gene in Drosophila melanogaster that encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase protein essential to the development of R7 cells in the embryonic eye.

Noun

sevenless (uncountable)

  1. A gene in Drosophila melanogaster that encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase protein essential to the development of R7 cells in the embryonic eye.

Origin of sevenless

From seven + -less.

Questions about sevenless

What does sevenless mean?
Sevenless means a gene in Drosophila melanogaster that encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase protein essential to the development of R7 cells in the embryonic eye.
What part of speech is sevenless?
Sevenless is a noun.

Words near sevenless in the dictionary

  1. sevengills
  2. Sevenhampton
  3. sevening out
  4. sevenish
  5. sevenk
  6. sevenless
  7. sevenling
  8. sevenlings
  9. sevenness
  10. sevennight
  11. sevennights

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