pentanucleotide

noun

pentanucleotide

noun

Etymology From penta- + nucleotide.

1

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences 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 ).2015 July 16, “Genes Left Behind: Climate Change Threatens Cryptic Genetic Diversity in the Canopy-Forming Seaweed Bifurcaria bifurcata”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
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pentanucleotidic

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