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pseudogenization

pseudogenization noun: the conversion of a gene into a pseudogene.

Noun

pseudogenization (plural pseudogenizations)

  1. The conversion of a gene into a pseudogene.
    • The presence of stop codons at two different positions in ΨAvTpsB and ΨAvTpsB’ suggests that pseudogenization happened after their acquisition.2015 July 11, “Against All Odds: Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase and Trehalase Genes in the Bdelloid Rotifer Adineta vaga Were Acquired by Horizontal Gene Transfer and Are Upregulated during...

Forms of pseudogenization

pluralpseudogenizations

Origin of pseudogenization

From pseudogene + -ization.

Questions about pseudogenization

What does pseudogenization mean?
Pseudogenization means the conversion of a gene into a pseudogene.
What part of speech is pseudogenization?
Pseudogenization is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudogenization?
The plural of pseudogenization is pseudogenizations.

Words near pseudogenization in the dictionary

  1. pseudogenes
  2. pseudogenic
  3. pseudogenisation
  4. pseudogenisations
  5. pseudogenised
  6. pseudogenization
  7. pseudogenizations
  8. pseudogenize
  9. pseudogenized
  10. pseudogenizes
  11. pseudogenizing

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