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Intron - What does it mean?

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intron

English

(wikipedia intron)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 138:
  • *:It is a medium-sized gene, then, interrupted by five longish introns .

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