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mirrortree

mirrortree noun: a technique in which a high correlation of evolutionary histories of two proteins is used as an indicator to predict protein interactions; a graphical representation of this.

Noun

mirrortree (countable and uncountable, plural mirrortrees)

  1. A technique in which a high correlation of evolutionary histories of two proteins is used as an indicator to predict protein interactions; a graphical representation of this
    • In order to reduce the high rate of false positives plaguing the mirrortree method, a novel method TreeSec has been recently developed[…]2009, Jake Y. Chen, Stefano Lonardi, Biological Data Mining, page 364

Forms of mirrortree

pluralmirrortrees

Origin of mirrortree

From mirror + tree.

Questions about mirrortree

What does mirrortree mean?
Mirrortree means a technique in which a high correlation of evolutionary histories of two proteins is used as an indicator to predict protein interactions; a graphical representation of this.
What part of speech is mirrortree?
Mirrortree is a noun.
What is the plural of mirrortree?
The plural of mirrortree is mirrortrees.

Words near mirrortree in the dictionary

  1. mirrorsful
  2. mirrorshades
  3. mirrorship
  4. mirrortocracies
  5. mirrortocracy
  6. mirrortree
  7. mirrortrees
  8. mirrorverse
  9. mirrorwise
  10. mirrorwork
  11. mirrory

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