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Molecular clock

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.NounA technique that uses the mutation rate of biomolecules to deduce the time in prehistory when two or more life forms diverged.

Synonyms

biological clock biochronometer bioclock microbial clock epigenetic clock segmentation clock body clock chronomodulation biochronology cycle threshold mutationism chronogenesis

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