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multigene families

multigene families is the plural of multigene family.

Meaning of multigene family

Noun

multigene family (plural multigene families)

  1. A group of multiple copies of similar genes on the same chromosome, thought to arise from a single, ancestral gene

Questions about multigene families

What is multigene families the plural of?
Multigene families is the plural of multigene family.

Words near multigene families in the dictionary

  1. multigender
  2. multigendered
  3. multigenderedness
  4. multigenderism
  5. multigene
  6. multigene families
  7. multigene family
  8. multigenerate
  9. multigeneration
  10. multigenerational
  11. multigenerationally

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