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Hox vs Homeobox - What's the difference?

hox | homeobox |

In genetics|lang=en terms the difference between hox and homeobox

is that hox is (genetics) homeobox while homeobox is (genetics) a short sequence of dna that is shared by several genes involved in the morphogenesis of many organisms.

As an abbreviation hox

is (genetics) homeobox.

As a verb hox

is (obsolete|transitive) to hock; to hamstring.

As a noun homeobox is

(genetics) a short sequence of dna that is shared by several genes involved in the morphogenesis of many organisms.

hox

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

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

    Etymology 2

    Verb

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

    homeobox

    English

    (wikipedia homeobox)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (genetics) A short sequence of DNA that is shared by several genes involved in the morphogenesis of many organisms.
  • * 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 176:
    • When he looked in mice, there it was again: almost exactly the same 180-letter string – the homeobox .

    Derived terms

    * homeobox gene * homeodomain