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intron

n. a sequence of DNA within a gene that does not encode any part of the gene’s ultimate product. Such sequences are transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) but are then removed during formation of the mature mRNA, which instructs the cell to synthesize a protein. Compare exon.

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