单词 | intracellular promiscuity |
释义 | > as lemmasintracellular promiscuity 4. Genetics. In full intracellular promiscuity. The transfer of DNA segments between genomes within a eukaryotic cell, e.g. between mitochondria and chloroplasts or between an organelle and the nucleus. ΚΠ 1982 J. Ellis in Nature 21 Oct. 678/2 We must now also consider the possibility of DNA movement between the organelles of eukaryotic cells. Since such movement diminishes the separate identity of each genome, I propose the term ‘intracellular promiscuity’ to describe this phenomenon. 1995 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 919/1 Other types of intracellular promiscuity have also been demonstrated with, for instance, mitochondria receiving DNA fragments from chloroplasts. < as lemmas |
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