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exonization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-oniza-tion
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Recruiting of a new exon from non-protein-coding, intronic DNA sequences.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From exon + -ization.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

exonizations (plural)

Derived Forms

pseudoexonization

Frequently Paired Words

exon

Questions

What does exonization mean?
Recruiting of a new exon from non-protein-coding, intronic DNA sequences.
Where does exonization come from?
From exon + -ization.

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