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colinear

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[kuh-lin-ee-er] / kəˈlɪn i ər /

adjective

  1. collinear.


Other Word Forms

  • colinearity noun

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However, the translation to protein is still systematic and colinear, such that nucleotides 1 to 3 correspond to amino acid 1, nucleotides 4 to 6 correspond to amino acid 2, and so on.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

To identify inversions and translocations, the ascending or descending order of genes starts on a subject pseudomolecule was reconstructed by inverting or translocating segments of the pseudomolecules to reconstruct the ancestral colinear gene order.

From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017

If an Ae. tauschii gene was homologous to tandem duplicated genes on the subject pseudomolecule, only one of the duplicated genes was recorded, provided that it was in a colinear position on the pseudomolecule.

From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017

Cells containing colinear genes are coloured whereas those that are not colinear are colourless.

From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017