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exon shuffling

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: exon shuffling
(′ek′sän ′shəf·liŋ)

(genetics) In eukaryotic split genes, the creation of new genes by the addition or removal of exons through unequal crossing over within introns intervening between the exons of a split gene.


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