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Taxonomy vs Intron - What's the difference?

taxonomy | intron |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and intron

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while intron is (label) (portion of a split gene that is included in pre-rna transcripts but is removed during rna processing).

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    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 .