micronuclear

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ nuclear

Adjective

micronuclear (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a micronucleus.
   • 1998 August 21, Elizabeth Pennisi, “MOLECULAR EVOLUTION:How the Genome Readies Itself for Evolution”, in Science‎^[1], volume 281, number 5380, →DOI, pages 1131–1134:

     The micronuclear genes, which are normally inactive, are split into multiple sections, with lots of interrupting DNA, called internal eliminated sequences, between the coding regions.