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gametologue

gametologue noun: a gene that is homologous to one on a sex chromosome.

Noun

gametologue (plural gametologues)

  1. A gene that is homologous to one on a sex chromosome.
    • Both types of sequence could potentially be exploited for the generation of sex markers because the male and female copies of gametologues are significantly different at the sequence level and markers designed from gametologue sequences have been successfully used to discriminate between sexes in...2015 October 24, “Development of PCR‐Based Markers to Determine the Sex of Kelps”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of gametologue

pluralgametologues

Origin of gametologue

From gameto- + -logue.

Questions about gametologue

What does gametologue mean?
Gametologue means a gene that is homologous to one on a sex chromosome.
What part of speech is gametologue?
Gametologue is a noun.
What is the plural of gametologue?
The plural of gametologue is gametologues.

Words near gametologue in the dictionary

  1. gametoids
  2. gametokinetic
  3. gametolog
  4. gametologous
  5. gametologs
  6. gametologue
  7. gametologues
  8. gametophobia
  9. gametophore
  10. gametophores
  11. gametophoric

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