paramutagenic

English

Etymology

para- +‎ mutagenic

Adjective

paramutagenic (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or causing paramutation
   • 2016 March 2, “Strain Specific Factors Control Effector Gene Silencing in Phytophthora sojae”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The results differ from classical examples of paramutation, which is a phenomenon of gene-silencing where a paramutagenic allele has the ability to silence the paramutable allele, and paramutable alleles gain the ability to be paramutagenic.