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amplicon en · NOUN

Etymology

From ampli(fy) + -icon (as in replicon).

Meanings

  1. A piece of DNA or RNA formed as the product of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction

Forms

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Deriveds

interamplicon · subamplicon · ampliconic

Synonyms

amplimer

Translations (1)

pt amplicon (piece of DNA or RNA formed as the product of amplification events)