Usually means: Non-coding, repetitive genetic sequences.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. junk DNA: Merriam-Webster
  2. junk DNA: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. junk DNA: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. junk DNA: Collins English Dictionary
  5. junk DNA: Vocabulary.com
  6. junk DNA: Wiktionary
  7. junk DNA: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Junk DNA: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. junk dna: Rhymezone
  10. junk dna: FreeDictionary.org
  11. junk dna: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. junk DNA: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. junk DNA: Dictionary.com

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. junk DNA: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. DNA, junk, Junk DNA: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  5. junk DNA: Medical dictionary
  6. DNA, junk, Junk DNA: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. DOE Genome Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (junk DNA)

▸ noun:  (genetics) Any portion of the DNA sequence of a chromosome or a genome with no apparent function identified by science to date.

Similar:
non-coding DNA, nonsense, non-coding RNA, nonexpresser, junk, achromatin, nondeletion, nonmutator, nonexpressor, acentric, more...

Opposite:
functional DNA, coding DNA, non-coding DNA, important DNA, useful DNA

Types:
introns, exons, spacers, telomeres, centromeres, promoters, more...

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Similar:
non-coding DNA, nonsense, non-coding RNA, nonexpresser, junk, achromatin, nondeletion, nonmutator, nonexpressor, acentric, more...

Opposite:
functional DNA, coding DNA, non-coding DNA, important DNA, useful DNA

Types:
introns, exons, spacers, telomeres, centromeres, promoters, more...



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