Pentanucleotide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A codon containing five nucleotides.

    "Additional diversity was recovered within the rbc spacer, where variations in the repeat number of a pentanucleotide microsatellite distinguished the haplotypes B1, B2 and B5 (Fig 3b )."

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"Additional diversity was recovered within the rbc spacer, where variations in the repeat number of a pentanucleotide microsatellite distinguished the haplotypes B1, B2 and B5 (Fig 3b )."

Etymology

From penta- + nucleotide.

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