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kilobasepair

kilobasepair is the alternative form 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

Forms of kilobasepair

pluralkilobasepairs

Origin of kilobasepair

From kilo- + basepair.

Questions about kilobasepair

What is kilobasepair the alternative form of?
Kilobasepair is the alternative form of kilobase pair.

Words near kilobasepair in the dictionary

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

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