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Replicon

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.

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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.

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Word	Definition
replicatornoun	(science fiction) A technological device that replicates physical objects.
bioreplicatenoun	A biological replicate
replichorenoun	(genetics) A replicated half of a chromosome in some bacteria
repeatomenoun	(genetics) All the repeats in a genome
autoreproductionnoun	(biology) The ability of a gene, virus, or nucleoprotein molecule to replicate itself
repeatverb	(transitive) To do or say again (and again).
bioreplicationnoun	The artificial recreation of biological structures and their use to replicate biological functions.
clustersomenoun	(genetics) A cluster of replisomes
reprod.noun	(law) Abbreviation of reproduction. [The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.]
episomenoun	(cytology) A segment of DNA that can exist and replicate either autonomously in the cytoplasm or as part of a chromosome, mainly found in bacteria.
genophorenoun	(biology) The DNA of a prokaryote.
homonucleotidenoun	(genetics) A section of DNA composed of repeats of the same nucleotide
reprogeneticsnoun	(biology, genetics) The use of genetics in reproduction, especially in order to choose traits in an offspring or to minimize the risk of genetic disease.
homoplasmidnoun	(genetics) A homoplasmic plasmid
copy-number variantnoun	(genetics) A DNA sequence, 1000 nucleotides (or synonymously base pairs) in length or longer, that is present a variable number of times as copies in a genome relative to a reference genome.
nonrecombinant	Not recombinant
spoligotypenoun	(genetics) A form of polymorphism in the repeat units of DNA.
copy numbernoun	(genetics) The number of copies of a gene or plasmid within a cell's genome.
binary clonenoun	(genetics) A composite organism created from the combination of DNA from two separate genetic sources, rather than one. Essentially, a binary clone is the naturally produced offspring via sexual reproduction via germ cells, or else artificially produced offspring of two individuals that has been created without using germ cells.
epiclonenoun	(genetics) An epigenetic clone