split gene
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- In eukaryotes, the encoding DNA of many structural genes is made up of exons and introns . This commonly found pattern of interruption in the coding sequence is referred to as a 'split gene'.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - conservation, editing, Exon, intervening sequence, Intron, splicing, splicing junction