Cistron At Biology Glossary
What is it? An obsolete term for a gene. Often used to refer to the number of genes encoded by a single transcript; monocistronic refers to a transcript that encodes one gene, and polycistronic refers to a transcript that encodes multiple genes.Bio Definition Added By: Joshua
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