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orphon

orphon noun: a gene located outside the main chromosomal locus.

Noun

orphon (plural orphons)

  1. A gene located outside the main chromosomal locus.

Forms of orphon

pluralorphons

Questions about orphon

What does orphon mean?
Orphon means a gene located outside the main chromosomal locus.
What part of speech is orphon?
Orphon is a noun.
What is the plural of orphon?
The plural of orphon is orphons.

Words near orphon in the dictionary

  1. orphings
  2. Orphism
  3. Orphist
  4. Orphists
  5. Orphne
  6. orphon
  7. orphons
  8. orphray
  9. orphrays
  10. orphrey
  11. orphreys

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