Usually means: Regions between genes; not coding.
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▸ adjective:  (genetics) Describing the noncoding sections of nucleic acid between genes

Similar:
intergene, intragenic, interexonic, intercodon, intergenomal, intergenome, interlocus, endonucleic, intrageneic, intragenomic, more...

Opposite:
intragenic, genic, non-intergenic, genic region

Types:
spacer, linker, intron, noncoding, more...

Phrases:
intergenic region, intergenic regions, intergenic dna, intergenic suppression, more...

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Similar:
intergene, intragenic, interexonic, intercodon, intergenomal, intergenome, interlocus, endonucleic, intrageneic, intragenomic, more...

Opposite:
intragenic, genic, non-intergenic, genic region

Types:
spacer, linker, intron, noncoding, more...

Phrases:
intergenic region, intergenic regions, intergenic dna, intergenic suppression, more...



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