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replicon

noun

Etymology

From replic(ate) + -on.

  1. derived from replicātus
  2. suffixed as replicon — “replicate + on”

Definitions

  1. A DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual unit. A replicon may…

    A DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual unit. A replicon may be, for instance, a chromosome, a plasmid or a phage.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for replicon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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