Meanings
adjectivehypertranscriptional (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to hypertranscription.
This has been attributed to the hypertranscriptional state of the meiotic and post-meiotic spermatogenic cells, which facilitates transcription of otherwise silenced genes, such as those derived from retroposition or other means of gene duplication.
2015 August 27, “Evolution of Vertebrate Adam Genes; Duplication of Testicular Adams from Ancient Adam9/9-like Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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