Homeoticとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From homeosis +‎ -otic.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /hɒmiːˈɒtɪk/
• 韻: -ɒtɪk

形容詞

homeotic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to homeosis
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 176:

     A certain segment of the body, in other words, had done something appropriate to a different segment of the body. Something had gone wrong with the homeotic genes.

   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 365:

     Further probings revealed the existence of a clutch of master control genes, each directing the development of a section of body, which were dubbed homeotic (from a Greek word meaning ‘similar’) or hox genes.

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