gene switching

the process in which genes are activated or deactivated during development, so that there is a sequential output of gene products, some taking part in current biochemical pathways, others acting as inducers and/or repressors of other genes (see JACOB, F). see also CHROMOSOME PUFFS for physical evidence of gene switching.

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