Meaning

1 senses
  1. A DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual unit. A replicon may be, for instance, a chromosome, a plasmid or a phage.

Translations

5 languages

Origin

From replic(ate) + -on.

From replic(ate) + -on.

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Forms

plural: replicons
Singularreplicon
Pluralreplicons

regular

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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