Duplices

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of duplex form-of, plural

    "In addition to the A and B forms of DNA, there is a third form (C-DNA). It is essentially very similar to B-DNA but the duplices are packed differently in the fibre and moreover the number of base pairs per full turn of the helix is not an integer (Marvin, Spencer, Wilkins and Hamilton, 1961)."

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duplex houseambidextrousapartment housebidirectionalbifacialbifold

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"In addition to the A and B forms of DNA, there is a third form (C-DNA). It is essentially very similar to B-DNA but the duplices are packed differently in the fibre and moreover the number of base pairs per full turn of the helix is not an integer (Marvin, Spencer, Wilkins and Hamilton, 1961)."

Etymology

From Latin duplicēs.

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