English Explanatory Dictionary

fushi tarazu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Drosophila pair-rule gene that is responsible for the development of even-numbered (i.e. half of the) parasegments.

Word forms

fushi tarazu fushi tarazus ftz

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 節足らず (fushi-tarazu, literally “segment-deficient”), in reference to the absence of parasegments when not expressed.

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