monocistronic

As an adjective monocistronic is

(genetics) having or involving a single cistron.

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective monocistronic is

(genetics) having or involving a single cistron.

In genetics terms the difference between monocistronic and polycistronic

is that monocistronic is having or involving a single cistron while polycistronic is describing mRNA that encodes for multiple different polypeptides.

As a noun cistron

is sometimes used interchangeably with the word gene, a cistron is the unit of hereditary material (eg dna) that encodes one protein.

As an adjective monocistronic is

(genetics) having or involving a single cistron.

Bicistronic is a related term of monocistronic.

In genetics terms the difference between monocistronic and bicistronic

is that monocistronic is having or involving a single cistron while bicistronic is having or involving two cistrons, loci responsible for generating a protein.