amplicon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

amplicon amplicons

Etymology

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

Synonyms

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