junk DNA

junk DNA
segments of DNA that have no apparent genetic function.
[1990-95]

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  • junk DNA — junk DNA. = selfing DNA (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • junk DNA — junk DNA. См. избыточная ДНК. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Junk DNA — In molecular biology, junk DNA is a provisional label for the portions of the DNA sequence of a chromosome or a genome for which no function has been identified. Scientists expect to find functions for some, but not all,Fact|date=September 2008… …   Wikipedia

  • Junk DNA — Regions of the DNA that have no apparent function. The term junk DNA is a disparaging one, expressing some of the disappointment felt by geneticists when they first gazed upon sizable segments of the genetic code and, instead of seeing one… …   Medical dictionary

  • Junk-DNA — Als nichtkodierende Desoxyribonukleinsäure (engl. noncoding DNA, früher auch junk DNA) werden diejenigen Teile der Desoxyribonukleinsäure (DNA) bezeichnet, die nicht für Proteine codieren. Dennoch können sie unter den Gen Begriff fallen, da zu… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Junk DNA — Als nichtkodierende Desoxyribonukleinsäure (engl. noncoding DNA, früher auch junk DNA) werden diejenigen Teile der Desoxyribonukleinsäure (DNA) bezeichnet, die nicht für Proteine codieren. Dennoch können sie unter den Gen Begriff fallen, da zu… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • junk DNA — noun stretches of DNA that do not code for genes most of the genome consists of junk DNA • Hypernyms: ↑deoxyribonucleic acid, ↑desoxyribonucleic acid, ↑DNA * * * noun : a region of DNA that usually consists of a repeating DNA sequence, does not… …   Useful english dictionary

  • junk DNA — noun Date: 1972 a region of DNA that usually consists of a repeating DNA sequence, does not code for protein, and has no known function …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • junk DNA — Genomic DNA that serves, as yet, no known function …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • junk DNA — noun Any portion of the DNA sequence of a chromosome or a genome for which no function has been identified …   Wiktionary

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