replicon

== English == === Etymology === From replic(ate) + -on. === Noun === replicon (plural replicons) (genetics) A DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual unit. A replicon may be, for instance, a chromosome, a plasmid or a phage. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === réplicon (Brazil) replicão (Portugal) === Noun === replicon m (plural replicons) (genetics) replicon (region of DNA or RNA that replicates from a single origin) === Further reading === “replicon”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “replicon”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026