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heteroduplex

heteroduplex noun: a nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule.

Noun

heteroduplex (plural heteroduplexes or heteroduplices)

  1. A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule

Verb

heteroduplex (third-person singular simple present heteroduplexes, present participle heteroduplexing, simple past and past participle heteroduplexed)

  1. To form such a compound by genetic recombination

Forms of heteroduplex

Noun
pluralheteroduplexes
pluralheteroduplices
Verb
third-person singular presentheteroduplexes
present participleheteroduplexing
past participleheteroduplexed
pastheteroduplexed

Origin of heteroduplex

From hetero- + duplex.

Questions about heteroduplex

What does heteroduplex mean?
Heteroduplex means a nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule.
What part of speech is heteroduplex?
Heteroduplex can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of heteroduplex?
The plural of heteroduplex is heteroduplexes.

Words near heteroduplex in the dictionary

  1. heterodoxly
  2. heterodoxness
  3. heterodoxy
  4. heterodromous
  5. heterodromy
  6. heteroduplex
  7. heteroduplexed
  8. heteroduplexes
  9. heteroduplexing
  10. heteroduplices
  11. heterodynamic

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