nonhomologous
adjective
biologyspecialized(alsonon-homologous)uk/ˌnɒn.həˈmɒl.ə.ɡəs/us/ˌnɑːn.həˈmɑː.lə.ɡəs//ˌnɑːn.hoʊˈmɑː.lə.ɡəs/(of achromosome) notcontainingsimilarinformationto anotherchromosomethat itformsapairwith duringmeiosis(= atypeofcelldivision), orinvolvingsuchchromosomes:
Nonhomologouschromosomes, such as XYsexchromosomes, havealleleson differentgenes.
Nonhomologous endjoiningis arepairmechanismthatoccursinDNA.
- There is a nonhomologoussequenceat one end of theDNAstrand.
- Invitrostudieshaveprovidedevidenceforvariousformsof non-homologous recombination in thesevirusesandsubsequentincreasedvirulence.
Genetics
- adenine
- allele
- anaphase
- biohacker
- biohacking
- biotech
- gene amplification
- genotype
- heterozygote
- homologous
- homologue
- homozygote
- hybridization
- paternal
- rRNA
- segregate
- segregation
- sequence
- sex chromosome
- transgenic