Amplicon

noun

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Noun

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

Synonyms

amplimer amplimer

Etymology

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

Related phrases

polymerase chain reaction

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