replicon

replicon

See also: replicón and réplicon

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English replic(ate)
English -on
English replicon

    From replic(ate) + -on.

    Noun

    replicon (plural replicons)

    1. (genetics) 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.
      • 1970, Michael Abercrombie, Jean Brachet, Thomas Joseph King, Advances in Morphogenesis - Volume 8, page 177:
        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.

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    Noun

    replicon m (plural replicons)

    1. (genetics) replicon (region of DNA or RNA that replicates from a single origin)

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