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replicon en · NOUN

Etymology

From replic(ate) + -on.

Meanings

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.
   • During cell division there is a probability that either or both of the master replicons will misreplicate and one of the daughter cells will be missing a master copy. 1970, Michael Abercrombie, Jean Brachet, Thomas Joseph King, Advances in Morphogenesis - Volume 8, page 177:

Forms

Deriveds

minireplicon · interreplicon · multireplicon

Relateds

gene · locus · cistron

Translations (9)

pt replicon (DNA that replicates as an individual unit) · fi replikoni (DNA that replicates as an individual unit) · it replicone (DNA that replicates as an individual unit) · fr réplicon (DNA that replicates as an individual unit) · pt réplicon (DNA that replicates as an individual unit) · es replicón (DNA that replicates as an individual unit) · pt replicão (DNA that replicates as an individual unit) · pl replikon (DNA that replicates as an individual unit) · id replikon (DNA that replicates as an individual unit)