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JUNK DNA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does junk DNA mean?
• JUNK DNA (noun)
The noun JUNK DNA has 1 sense:
1. stretches of DNA that do not code for genes
Familiarity information: JUNK DNA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stretches of DNA that do not code for genes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Context example:
most of the genome consists of junk DNA
Hypernyms ("junk DNA" is a kind of...):
deoxyribonucleic acid; desoxyribonucleic acid; DNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information)
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