replicon

[rep-li-kon]

noun Genetics.

any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.

Origin of replicon

< French (1963), shortened form of réplication; see -on¹

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British Dictionary definitions for replicon

replicon

noun

genetics a region of a DNA molecule that is replicated from a single origin

Word Origin for replicon

C20: from replic (ation) + -on

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replicon in Medicine

replicon

[rĕp′lĭ-kŏn′]

n.

A genetic element that undergoes replication as an autonomous unit.