kilobase pair

English

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ base pair.

Noun

kilobase pair (plural kilobase pairs)

1. (genetics) One thousand base pairs in succession (used as a measure of the size of a nucleic acid or a gene).

Synonyms

• kbp

Related terms

• kilobase
• megabase pair

Further reading

• kilobase pair on Wikipedia.Wikipedia