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dehybridize en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + hybridize.

Meanings

1. To produce genetically stable offspring from an F1 hybrid
2. To remove hybridization
   • In contrast with predictions based on the melting temperatures of DNA [12 –14 ], our results show that an increasing percentage of GC base pairs in a long DNA molecule lowers the stretching force necessary to locally dehybridize the DNA backbones in the presence of negative supercoiling densities. 2015 October 30, “Counterintuitive DNA Sequence Dependence in Supercoiling-Induced DNA Melting”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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