Kilobase

//ˈkɪl.ə.beɪs// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each strand
  2. 2
    a length of single-stranded RNA containing one thousand nucleotides

Etymology

From kilo- + base.

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