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hypertranscriptional en · ADJ

Etymology

From hyper- + transcriptional.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to hypertranscription.
    • This has been attributed to the hypertranscriptional state of the meiotic and post-meiotic spermatogenic cells, which facilitates transcription of otherwise silenced genes, such as those derived from retroposition or other means of gene duplication. 2015 August 27, “Evolution of Vertebrate Adam Genes; Duplication of Testicular Adams from Ancient Adam9/9-like Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: