Segmentation gene
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A segmentation gene is a gene
involved in the early stages of pattern formation that define repeated units (metameres) in a segmented organism, usually the embryo
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Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
involved in the early stages of pattern formation that define repeated units (metameres) in a segmented organism, usually the embryo
Embryo
An embryo is a multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development, from the time of first cell division until birth, hatching, or germination...
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