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intracodon

intracodon adjective: within a codon.

Adjective

intracodon (not comparable)

  1. Within a codon.
    • On the contrary, if the CpG depletion is primarily driven by translational selection, then the depletion of CpG within the intracodon regions will be more pronounced as compared to that within the whole genome (i.e^([sic]) intracodon CpG O/E ratio would be lower than the genome-wide CpG O/E ratio).2015 July 21, “Novel Insights on Hantavirus Evolution: The Dichotomy in Evolutionary Pressures Acting on Different Hantavirus Segments”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of intracodon

From intra- + codon.

Questions about intracodon

What does intracodon mean?
Intracodon means within a codon.
What part of speech is intracodon?
Intracodon is an adjective.

Words near intracodon in the dictionary

  1. intracoastal
  2. intracoastally
  3. intracochlear
  4. intracochlearly
  5. intracoder
  6. intracodon
  7. intracoelemic
  8. intracoelomatic
  9. intracoelomic
  10. intracoelomically
  11. intracognition

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