Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work

Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Dictionary » R » Replication

Replication

replication

1. A turning back of a part so as to form a duplication.

2. (Science: molecular biology) The process of duplicating or reproducing, as the replication of an exact copy of a polynucleotide strand of dNA or rNA.

Origin: L. Replicatio = a fold backwards (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division.The synthesis of an exact copy of a structure from a template of the same structure.


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 4,990 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link