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Homeotic vs Hox - What's the difference?

homeotic | hox |

As an adjective homeotic

is of or pertaining to homeosis.

As an abbreviation hox is

(genetics) homeobox.

As a verb hox is

(obsolete|transitive) to hock; to hamstring.

homeotic

English

Alternative forms

* * homoeotic

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to homeosis.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 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 2003, p. 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.

    hox

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (genetics) homeobox
    • Derived terms
    * hox gene

    Etymology 2

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To hock; to hamstring.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)