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paramutagenic

paramutagenic adjective: relating to, or causing paramutation.

Adjective

paramutagenic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or causing paramutation
    • The results differ from classical examples of paramutation, which is a phenomenon of gene-silencing where a paramutagenic allele has the ability to silence the paramutable allele, and paramutable alleles gain the ability to be paramutagenic.2016 March 2, “Strain Specific Factors Control Effector Gene Silencing in Phytophthora sojae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of paramutagenic

From para- + mutagenic.

Questions about paramutagenic

What does paramutagenic mean?
Paramutagenic means relating to, or causing paramutation.
What part of speech is paramutagenic?
Paramutagenic is an adjective.

Words near paramutagenic in the dictionary

  1. paramural
  2. Paramus
  3. paramuscular
  4. paramutability
  5. paramutable
  6. paramutagenic
  7. paramutagenicity
  8. paramutant
  9. paramutants
  10. paramutate
  11. paramutated

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