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.
biologyA 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.
biochemistryA protein, in Drosophila and related flies, specified by the bicoidgene, the concentration gradient of which serves to specify which end of the egg will become the head of the fly.
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