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Definition of bicoid in English English dictionary
- 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
- A gene, in Drosophila and related flies, that specifies which end of an egg will be the anterior and become the fly's head by setting up a concentration gradient of the Bicoid protein
- A gene, in Drosophila and related flies, that specifies which end of an egg will be the anterior and become the flys head by setting up a concentration gradient of the Bicoid protein