duplication
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /duplɪˈkeɪʃən/
Noun

duplication

  1. The act of duplicating.
  2. A folding over; a fold.
  3. (biology) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.
    duplication of cartilage cells
  4. (genetics) The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
  5. (genetics) A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.
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