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piwis

piwis is the plural of piwi.

Meaning of piwi

Noun

piwi (plural piwis)

  1. (attributive) A class of genes originally identified as encoding regulatory proteins responsible for maintaining incomplete differentiation in stem cells and maintaining the stability of cell division rates in germline cells.
    • However, piwi and tudor-domain containing genes are absent from flukes and tapeworms and no true vasa orthologue has been identified in schistosomes.2015 August 25, David Roquis et al., “The Epigenome of Schistosoma mansoni Provides Insight about How Cercariae Poise Transcription until Infection”, in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, volume 9...
  2. a small Australian magpie lark, also known as a Murray magpie.

Questions about piwis

What is piwis the plural of?
Piwis is the plural of piwi.

Words near piwis in the dictionary

  1. pivoxil
  2. PIVs
  3. piwakawaka
  4. piwari
  5. piwi
  6. piwis
  7. pix
  8. pix0r
  9. pix0rs
  10. pixane
  11. pixanes

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