Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudogenization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pseu-do-g-e-niza-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The conversion of a gene into a pseudogene.

Example Sentences

"The presence of stop codons at two different positions in ΨAvTpsB and ΨAvTpsB’ suggests that pseudogenization happened after their acquisition."

Etymology

From pseudogene + -ization.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pseudogene

Inflected Forms

pseudogenizations (plural)

Questions

What does pseudogenization mean?: The conversion of a gene into a pseudogene.
Where does pseudogenization come from?: From pseudogene + -ization.

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