dictionary help| egg polarity gene | medical dictionary |
A gene whose product distribution in the egg determines the anterior posterior axis of subsequent development. Best characterised in Drosophila:
See: bicoid, maternal effect gene.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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