Dehybridize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To produce genetically stable offspring from an F1 hybrid
  2. 2
    To remove hybridization

    "In contrast with predictions based on the melting temperatures of DNA [12 –14 ], our results show that an increasing percentage of GC base pairs in a long DNA molecule lowers the stretching force necessary to locally dehybridize the DNA backbones in the presence of negative supercoiling densities."

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"In contrast with predictions based on the melting temperatures of DNA [12 –14 ], our results show that an increasing percentage of GC base pairs in a long DNA molecule lowers the stretching force necessary to locally dehybridize the DNA backbones in the presence of negative supercoiling densities."

Etymology

From de- + hybridize.

Related phrases

f1 hybrid

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