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rep⋅li⋅con

[rep-li-kon]
–noun Genetics.
any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.

Origin:
< F (1963), shortened form of réplication; see -on 1
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rep·li·con   (rěp'lĭ-kŏn')   
n.  A genetic element that undergoes replication as an autonomous unit.

[replic(ation) + -on1.]
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Main Entry: rep·li·con
Pronunciation: 'rep-li-"kän
Function: noun
: a linear or circular section of DNA or RNA which replicatessequentially as a unit
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replicon rep·li·con (rěp'lĭ-kŏn')
n.
A genetic element that undergoes replication as an autonomous unit.

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