Duplication
[doo-pli-key-shuh n, dyoo-] /ˌdu plɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌdyu-/
noun
1.
an act or instance of .
2.
the state of being .
3.
a .
4.
Genetics. a type of chromosomal aberration in which a region of the chromosome is repeated.
/ˌdjuːplɪˈkeɪʃən/
noun
1.
the act of duplicating or the state of being duplicated
2.
a copy; duplicate
3.
(genetics) a mutation in which there are two or more copies of a gene or of a segment of a chromosome
n.
early 15c., “doubling,” from Middle French duplicacion (13c.) and directly from Latin duplicationem (nominative duplicatio), noun of action from past participle stem of duplicare (see duplicate (adj.)). Meaning “repetition” is from 1580s.
duplication du·pli·ca·tion (dōō’plĭ-kā’shən, dyōō’-)
n.
The existence or growth into two corresponding parts.
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