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Exine vs Exon - What's the difference?

exine | exon |

As nouns the difference between exine and exon

is that exine is (botany|palynology) the outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exosporium while exon is (label) (region of a gene).

exine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany, palynology) the outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exosporium

    • Coordinate terms

    *intine

    Derived terms

    *ektexine *endexine *exinal *nexine *sexine

    exon

    English

    Etymology 1

    Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An officer of the

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) + -on; intended to be distinguished from intron.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule.
    • Derived terms
    * exon trapping * exonic * nonexonic
    Related terms
    * intron
    See also
    * ("exon" on Wikipedia)

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