English Explanatory Dictionary

junk DNA

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any portion of the DNA sequence of a chromosome or a genome with no apparent function identified by science to date.

Word forms

junk DNA junk DNAs

Synonyms

non-functional DNA
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