replicon

See also: replicón and réplicon

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Etymology

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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