parasitic DNA
Molecular Biol.
noun
A region of DNA in a eukaryotic genome that has no apparent function other than perpetuating itself.
Origin
1970s.
- major-domo
- major-domoing
- major element
- majorette
- major general
- major histocompatibility complex
- major histocompatibility locus
- majorise
- Majorism
- majoritarian
- majoritarianism
- majorite
- cineraria
- cinerarium
- cinerary urn
- cinereous
- cinereous vulture
- Cingalese
- cingulate
- cingulum
- cinnabar
- cinnabar moth
- cinnamic
- cinnamon
- cinnamon bear