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pseudogenized

pseudogenized adjective: converted or mutated to a pseudogene.

Adjective

pseudogenized (not comparable)

  1. Converted or mutated to a pseudogene.
    • This pattern strongly suggests that a deletion of the promoter region occurred in the common ancestor of muroids and abrogated the transcription of exon 1A (as observed in mouse, where the pseudogenized exon 1A is not transcribed […]2015 July 2, Alexa Sadier et al., “Tinkering signaling pathways by gain and loss of protein isoforms: the case of the EDA pathway regulator EDARADD”, in BMC Evolutionary Biology, volume 15, →DOI

Origin of pseudogenized

From pseudogene + -ize + -ed.

Questions about pseudogenized

What does pseudogenized mean?
Pseudogenized means converted or mutated to a pseudogene.
What part of speech is pseudogenized?
Pseudogenized is an adjective.

Words near pseudogenized in the dictionary

  1. pseudogenisations
  2. pseudogenised
  3. pseudogenization
  4. pseudogenizations
  5. pseudogenize
  6. pseudogenized
  7. pseudogenizes
  8. pseudogenizing
  9. pseudogenome
  10. pseudogenomes
  11. pseudogenous

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