Talk:cistron

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Etymology[edit]

1950s: from cis- (sense: CHEMISTRY denoting molecules with cis arrangements of substituents) + trans- (because of the possibility of two genes being on the same or different chromosomes) + -on. — This unsigned comment was added by 2A02:587:4105:E249:B4FD:B8C7:3D5D:37B2 (talk) at 03:07, 31 March 2020 (UTC).Reply