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遺伝子重複 (いでんしちょうふく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

遺い伝でん子し重ちょう複ふく

also: いでんしじゅうふく

Meanings

1

noun

gene duplication

A biological process where a segment of DNA containing a gene is duplicated, resulting in two copies. Used in genetics and evolutionary biology.

遺い伝でん子し重ちょう複ふくは進しん化かの重じゅう要ようなメカニズムの一ひとつです。
Gene duplication is one of the important mechanisms of evolution.
この研けん究きゅうでは、遺い伝でん子し重ちょう複ふくがどのように起おこるかを調しらべています。
In this research, we are investigating how gene duplication occurs.

Written forms

遺伝子重複
- いでんしちょうふく
  Standard kanji spelling for the biological term 'gene duplication'. The reading いでんしちょうふく is the most common.
- いでんしじゅうふく
  Alternate reading using じゅうふく for 重複. Both readings are valid, but ちょうふく is more common in biological contexts.
いでんしじゅうふく

Kanji

遺bequeath, leave behind, reserve

伝transmit, go along, walk along

子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

重heavy, important, esteem

複duplicate, double, compound

Etymology

Compound of 遺伝子 (gene) and 重複 (duplication). The term is a direct translation of the English 'gene duplication' and is used primarily in scientific contexts.