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kilobase pairs

kilobase pairs is the plural of kilobase pair.

Meaning of kilobase pair

Noun

kilobase pair (plural kilobase pairs)

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

Questions about kilobase pairs

What is kilobase pairs the plural of?
Kilobase pairs is the plural of kilobase pair.

Words near kilobase pairs in the dictionary

  1. kilobarn
  2. kilobarns
  3. kilobars
  4. kilobase
  5. kilobase pair
  6. kilobase pairs
  7. kilobasepair
  8. kilobasepairs
  9. kilobases
  10. kilobaud
  11. kilobauds

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