intergenic region

noun

DNA sequences located between genes that make up a large percentage of the human genome with no known function.

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Meanings

nounintergenic region (plural intergenic regions)

plural intergenic regions

  1. biologyDNA sequences located between genes that make up a large percentage of the human genome with no known function.
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