Misduplication
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 incorrect duplication countable, uncountable
"According to our previous paper, proton tunneling lead to the misduplication of DNA; that is, in the case of excitation of an electron by light the misduplication of DNA by means of the proton tunneling can more easily occur in the adenine-thymine pair than in the guanine-cytosine pair."
Example
More examples"According to our previous paper, proton tunneling lead to the misduplication of DNA; that is, in the case of excitation of an electron by light the misduplication of DNA by means of the proton tunneling can more easily occur in the adenine-thymine pair than in the guanine-cytosine pair."
Etymology
From mis- + duplication.
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