replicon
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replic(ate) + -on. From Latin replico
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replicon (plural replicons)
- (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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replicon m (plural replicons)