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paralogon

paralogon noun: a set of paralogous chromosomal regions, derived from a common ancestral region.

Noun

paralogon (plural paralogons)

  1. A set of paralogous chromosomal regions, derived from a common ancestral region

Forms of paralogon

pluralparalogons

Origin of paralogon

From paralogous + -on.

Questions about paralogon

What does paralogon mean?
Paralogon means a set of paralogous chromosomal regions, derived from a common ancestral region.
What part of speech is paralogon?
Paralogon is a noun.
What is the plural of paralogon?
The plural of paralogon is paralogons.

Words near paralogon in the dictionary

  1. paralogists
  2. paralogize
  3. paralogized
  4. paralogizes
  5. paralogizing
  6. paralogon
  7. paralogons
  8. paralogous
  9. paralogously
  10. paralogs
  11. paralogue

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