GERP score

noun

A genomic evolutionary rate profiling score that measures the evolutionary conservation of a particular genetic sequence across a species.

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Meanings

nounGERP score (plural GERP scores)

plural GERP scores

  1. biologyA genomic evolutionary rate profiling score that measures the evolutionary conservation of a particular genetic sequence across a species.
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