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kilobase pair

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One thousand base pairs in succession (used as a measure of the size of a nucleic acid or a gene).

Word forms

kilobase pair kilobase pairs

Etymology

From kilo- + base pair.

Synonyms

kbp

Related words

kilobase megabase pair

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