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- noun Plural form of
homeobox .
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Examples
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Burton PM, Mazza ME, Kwong GK, Mullikin JC, et al. (2006) The cnidarian-bilaterian ancestor possessed at least 56 homeoboxes: evidence from the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis.
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Miller DJ (1992) Genomes of diploblastic organisms contain homeoboxes: sequence of eveC, an even-skipped homologue from the cnidarian Acropora formosa.
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Now we get pushed around by homeoboxes, sorted by adhesion molecules, made to line up and form tissues ... some days it's enough to make you wanna apoptose.
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