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methylome

methylome noun: the set of nucleic acid methylation modifications in an organism's genome or in a particular cell.

Noun

methylome (plural methylomes)

  1. The set of nucleic acid methylation modifications in an organism's genome or in a particular cell.
    • The reprogramming of parental methylomes is essential for embryonic development.2019, He-Feng Huan et al., “16: The Intergenerational Effects on Fetal Programming”, in Peter C. K. Leung, Jie Qiao, editors, Human Reproductive and Prenatal Genetics, Elsevier (Academic Press), page...

Forms of methylome

pluralmethylomes

Origin of methylome

From methyl + -ome.

Words formed from methylome

Questions about methylome

What does methylome mean?
Methylome means the set of nucleic acid methylation modifications in an organism's genome or in a particular cell.
What part of speech is methylome?
Methylome is a noun.
What is the plural of methylome?
The plural of methylome is methylomes.

Words near methylome in the dictionary

  1. methylol
  2. methylol urea
  3. methylol ureas
  4. methylolurea
  5. methylolureas
  6. methylome
  7. methylomes
  8. methylomic
  9. methylomics
  10. methylone
  11. methylosome

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