paramutagenic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

para- +‎ mutagenic

Adjective[edit]

paramutagenic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or causing paramutation
    • 2016 March 2, “Strain Specific Factors Control Effector Gene Silencing in Phytophthora sojae”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      The results differ from classical examples of paramutation, which is a phenomenon of gene-silencing where a paramutagenic allele has the ability to silence the paramutable allele, and paramutable alleles gain the ability to be paramutagenic.
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