genic

[ jen-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Biology.

of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.

-genic

a combining form often corresponding to nouns ending in -gen or -geny, with the following senses: “producing or causing” ( hallucinogenic ); “produced or caused by” ( cosmogenic ); “pertaining to a gene or genes” ( polygenic ); “pertaining to suitability for reproduction by a medium” ( telegenic ).

genic

/ ˈdʒɛnɪk /

adjective

of or relating to a gene or genes

-genic

combining form

relating to production or generation
carcinogenic
well suited to or suitable for
photogenic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of genic¹

First recorded in 1920–25; gene + -ic

Origin of genic²

-gen, -ic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of genic¹

from -gen + -ic

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Example Sentences

Moreover, 400 insertions showed highly polymorphic frequency variability across the populations, and 76 of them, including 45 genic insertions, were Asian specific.

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Quantification of genic intolerance to both classes of variation will provide added power to disease studies.

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Our analysis of genic mCH across human tissues indicates a tissue-specific distribution that is distinct from those genes that were previously identified in embryonic stem cells and the brain.

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Bar plot show their overlap with indicated functional genic annotations.

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In brief, we applied ChIPpeakAnno to assign factor binding to genic targets and to evaluate the enrichment of genic targets for GO ontologies using standard procedures36.

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genially genicular

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