mirrortree

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noun

A technique in which a high correlation of evolutionary histories of two proteins is used as an indicator to predict protein interactions; a graphical representation of this

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Meanings

nounmirrortree (countable and uncountable, plural mirrortrees)

plural mirrortrees

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryA technique in which a high correlation of evolutionary histories of two proteins is used as an indicator to predict protein interactions; a graphical representation of this

    In order to reduce the high rate of false positives plaguing the mirrortree method, a novel method TreeSec has been recently developed[…]

    2009, Jake Y. Chen, Stefano Lonardi, Biological Data Mining, page 364

Origin

From mirror + tree.

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APA

mirrortree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirrortree

MLA

“mirrortree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirrortree. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mirrortree,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirrortree.

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