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exon

/ˈɛksɒn/ noun · British & US
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What does exon mean?

noun

A part of a gene that codes for a protein, excluding introns. Exons are the coding regions of a gene that are retained in the mature messenger RNA after introns have been removed.

Example

"The researchers studied the exons of the gene to understand its function."

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