kilobase pair

English

Etymology

kilo- +‎ base pair

Noun

kilobase pair (plural kilobase pairs)

(genetics) One thousand base pairs in succession (used as a measure of the size of a nucleic acid or a gene)

Synonyms

kbp

Related terms

kilobase
megabase pair

Further reading

kilobase pair on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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