shibire en · NOUN
Etymology
From Japanese しびれ (shibire, “numbness, paralyzed”). Coined by Japanese-Canadian geneticist and zoologist David Suzuki, its discoverer. Originally discovered in its temperature sensitive form, shibire(ts), which caused the afflicted flies to drop from the sky on a temperature change, appearing to be a gene causing paralysis. Suzuki, referencing his Japanese heritage, chose a Japanese term for being paralyzed as the gene's name.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A gene found in Drosophila, its homolog of the dynamin gene.
Deriveds
shi(ts2) · shibire(ts) · shibire(ts1) · shi(ts) · shi(ts1) · shibire(ts2) · shi
Descendants
Hyponyms
shi(ts1) · shibire(ts1) · shi(ts) · shibire(ts) · shibire(ts2) · shi(ts2)