replicon

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Meaning

1. noun 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.

Similar words

replicator bioreplicate replichore repeatome autoreproduction repeat bioreplication clustersome episome genophore

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Word family

replicons