misreplicate
verbEtymology
From mis- + replicate.
- derived from replicātus
Definitions
To make an error during replication.
- During cell division there is a probability that either or both of the master replicons will misreplicate and one of the daughter cells will be missing a master copy.
- Thus when the second master unit begins to misreplicate, then in cells that still possess both units, the rate of misreplication becomes the same for both master units, even though they were initially lost at different rates.
- Transcription errors cause a tector to misreplicate into a form symbiotic with living cells.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for misreplicate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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