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syntenic

syntenic adjective: located on the same chromosome.

Adjective

syntenic (not comparable)

  1. located on the same chromosome
  2. showing identical gene order in multiple species

Words formed from syntenic

Questions about syntenic

What does syntenic mean?
Syntenic means located on the same chromosome.
What part of speech is syntenic?
Syntenic is an adjective.

Words near syntenic in the dictionary

  1. synteliid
  2. synteliids
  3. syntelog
  4. syntelogs
  5. Synteng
  6. syntenic
  7. syntenically
  8. syntenies
  9. syntenin
  10. syntenins
  11. syntenous

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