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pseudocopies

pseudocopies is the plural of pseudocopy.

Meaning of pseudocopy

Noun

pseudocopy (plural pseudocopies)

  1. An imperfect (mutated or incomplete) copy of a gene that is inserted into another segment of the DNA or RNA.
    • This could reflect the presence of only one bona fide copy of the element and one pseudocopy, assuming that the latter is mutated to an extent preventing adequate primer binding but allowing detection by hybridization.1994, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, page 2822

Questions about pseudocopies

What is pseudocopies the plural of?
Pseudocopies is the plural of pseudocopy.

Words near pseudocopies in the dictionary

  1. pseudocontinent
  2. pseudocontinuous
  3. pseudocontractive
  4. pseudoconvex
  5. pseudoconvexity
  6. pseudocopies
  7. pseudocopolymer
  8. pseudocopolymers
  9. pseudocoprolite
  10. pseudocopula
  11. pseudocopulas

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