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intergenetic

intergenetic adjective: pertaining to multiple genera.

Adjective

intergenetic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to multiple genera.
    • interspecific and intergenetic hybridization
  2. Of or pertaining to multiple genes.
    • My own intuition is that beneficial genetic mutations do not emerge merely as random errors in genetic copying but emerge inevitably when the optimum intergenetic and thermodynamic conditions2010, Christina Anne Knight, The Short Range Anti-Gravitational Force and The Hierarchically Stratified Space-Time Geometry in 12 Dimensions, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 12
    • The characteristic diversity of the hypertrophic CMP phenotype is attributable to the intergenetic heterogeneity (with a variety of mutations encoding protein components of the cardiac sarcomere)2012, Ziad Issa, John M. Miller, Douglas P. Zipes, Clinical Arrhythmology and Electrophysiology: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease: Expert Consult: Online and Print, Elsevier Health Sciences...
  3. Pertaining to multiple languages with different roots.
    • Intra- and intergenetic language contact led to intermediate stages of simplification of the system (Luwo, Thuri) without necessarily involving fundamental typological changes.2003, Studies in African Linguistics

Origin of intergenetic

From inter- + genetic.

Questions about intergenetic

What does intergenetic mean?
Intergenetic means pertaining to multiple genera.
What part of speech is intergenetic?
Intergenetic is an adjective.

Words near intergenetic in the dictionary

  1. intergeneration
  2. intergenerational
  3. intergenerationality
  4. intergenerationally
  5. intergeneric
  6. intergenetic
  7. intergenic
  8. intergenic region
  9. intergenic regions
  10. intergenic spacer
  11. intergenic spacers

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