shibire

== English == === Etymology === 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 === shibire (uncountable) (genetics) A gene found in Drosophila, its homolog of the dynamin gene. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: shi == Japanese == === Romanization === shibire Rōmaji transcription of しびれ