1. of, relating to, or contained in an exon (a segment of DNA or RNA that is expressed in the final protein product)
Usage: technical; biology/genetics

Examples

• The exonic regions of the gene code for the amino acids in the final protein.
• Researchers identified mutations in the exonic sequences that caused the disease.
• Exonic variants are more likely to affect protein function than intronic variants.
• The exonic structure of human genes is more complex than that of simpler organisms.
• Scientists analyzed the exonic content to understand the gene's expression pattern.