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macrosynteny

macrosynteny noun: a form of synteny involving a large number of genes.

Noun

macrosynteny (uncountable)

  1. A form of synteny involving a large number of genes

Origin of macrosynteny

From macro- + synteny.

Questions about macrosynteny

What does macrosynteny mean?
Macrosynteny means a form of synteny involving a large number of genes.
What part of speech is macrosynteny?
Macrosynteny is a noun.

Words near macrosynteny in the dictionary

  1. macrosyntactic
  2. macrosyntactically
  3. macrosyntax
  4. macrosyntaxes
  5. macrosyntenic
  6. macrosynteny
  7. macrosystem
  8. macrosystemic
  9. macrosystems
  10. macrotaphonomic
  11. macrotaphonomy

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