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paranome

paranome noun: the complete set of paralogous genes in a genome.

Noun

paranome (uncountable)

  1. The complete set of paralogous genes in a genome.
    • They considered only proteins in the paranome (the set of all duplicate genes in the genome) and numbered them consecutively according to their positions on the chromosomes.2011, Axel Meyer, Genome Evolution

Origin of paranome

From para- + -ome.

Questions about paranome

What does paranome mean?
Paranome means the complete set of paralogous genes in a genome.
What part of speech is paranome?
Paranome is a noun.

Words near paranome in the dictionary

  1. paranoidness
  2. paranoids
  3. paranoiæ
  4. paranomasia
  5. paranomasias
  6. paranome
  7. paranomia
  8. paranomias
  9. paranordic
  10. paranordic skiing
  11. paranormal

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