heteroduplex

See also: hétéroduplex

English

Etymology

hetero- + duplex

Noun

heteroduplex (plural heteroduplexes or heteroduplices)

  1. (biochemistry) A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule
  • heterotriplex

Translations

Verb

heteroduplex (third-person singular simple present heteroduplexes, present participle heteroduplexing, simple past and past participle heteroduplexed)

  1. To form such a compound by genetic recombination
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