extragenomic

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Etymology

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From extra- +‎ genomic.

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extragenomic (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Describing any inherited genetic information that is not part of an organism's genome
    Plasmids are small circles of extragenomic DNA that exists and replicates independently from the bacterial chromosome.