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micronuclear

micronuclear

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Adjective

micronuclear (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a micronucleus.
    • 1998 August 21, Elizabeth Pennisi, “MOLECULAR EVOLUTION:How the Genome Readies Itself for Evolution”, in Science, volume 281, number 5380, DOI:10.1126/science.281.5380.1131, pages 1131-1134:
      The micronuclear genes, which are normally inactive, are split into multiple sections, with lots of interrupting DNA, called internal eliminated sequences, between the coding regions.