"Bicoid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Bicoids [plural]
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  1. (biochemistry) A protein, in Drosophila and related flies, specified by the bicoid gene, the concentration gradient of which serves to specify which end of the egg will become the head of the fly. Categories (topical): Biochemistry

Inflected forms

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