shibire
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Etymology[edit]
From Japanese しびれ (shibire, “numbness, paralyzed”). Coined by Japanese-Canadian geneticist and zoologist David Suzuki, its discoverer. Originally discovered in its temperature sensitive form, shibire(ts), which caused the afflicted flies to drop from the sky on a temperature change, appearing to be a gene causing paralysis. Suzuki, referencing his Japanese heritage, chose a Japanese term for being paralyzed as the gene's name.
Noun[edit]
shibire (uncountable)
- (genetics) A gene found in Drosophila, its homolog of the dynamin gene.
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- Translingual: shi
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shibire
- Romanization of しびれ