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homeotic transformation: a standalone construct

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Developmental biology

the replacement of one body part by a structure normally found elsewhere, caused by mutations in genes that set segment identity.

In developmental biology, homeotic transformation refers to the replacement of one body part by a structure normally found elsewhere, caused by mutations in genes that set segment identity. This meaning comes from Lewis (1978) in Nature.[1]

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References

Lewis, E. B. (1978). A gene complex controlling segmentation in Drosophila. Nature, 276(5688), 565-570. https://doi.org/10.1038/276565a0

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