Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

synteny

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: syn-te-ny
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being located on the same chromosome or region of genome.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

The condition of multiple species showing a region of identical gene order.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- English -tene English -y English synteny From syn- + -tene + -y.

Usage

Inflected Forms

syntenies (plural)

Derived Forms

macrosynteny mesosynteny microsynteny

Questions

What does synteny mean?: The condition of being located on the same chromosome or region of genome.
Where does synteny come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- English -tene English -y English synteny From syn- + -tene + -y.

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