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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
pycnon .
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- noun
Condensation ,density . - noun biology A
nonrandom pattern of repeated elements, which are found more frequently in the 3′ untranslated regions ofgenes than in other regions of the humangenome . Although it is unclear how pyknons might have arisen, it is possible that they may be involved in a new form of gene regulation.
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However, most pyknons 90% are found at least half of the time in repeat regions, meaning that the vast majority of pyknon instances are in classical repeats.
Junk DNA, Linguistics and the scientific vacuity of Intelligent Design - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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