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- noun genetics, neologism The
totality ofgenes ofunknown function in agenome
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unknown + -ome
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Vast parts of the genome—areas the study authors have nicknamed the “Unknome”—are made of genes whose function we still don’t know.
The Mystery Genes That Are Keeping You Alive Condé Nast 2023
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