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extragenomic

extragenomic adjective: describing any inherited genetic information that is not part of an organism's genome.

Adjective

extragenomic (not comparable)

  1. Describing any inherited genetic information that is not part of an organism's genome
    • Plasmids are small circles of extragenomic DNA that exists and replicates independently from the bacterial chromosome.

Forms of extragenomic

alternative formextra-genomic

Origin of extragenomic

From extra- + genomic.

Questions about extragenomic

What does extragenomic mean?
Extragenomic means describing any inherited genetic information that is not part of an organism's genome.
What part of speech is extragenomic?
Extragenomic is an adjective.

Words near extragenomic in the dictionary

  1. extragenically
  2. extrageniculate
  3. extrageniculostriate
  4. extragenital
  5. extragenitally
  6. extragenomic
  7. extraglacial
  8. extraglandular
  9. extraglomerular
  10. extraglottic
  11. extraglycosomal

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