extragenomic

English

Alternative forms

  • extra-genomic

Etymology

From extra- +‎ genomic.

Adjective

extragenomic (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Describing any inherited genetic information that is not part of an organism's genome
    Plasmids are small circles of extragenomic DNA that exists and replicates independently from the bacterial chromosome.
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