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recombinant dna

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
re-com-bi-nan-t d-na
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

DNA that has been engineered by splicing together fragments of DNA from multiple species and introduced into the cells of a host.

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

gene splicing

Frequently Paired Words

gene splicing

Synonyms

rDNA recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid

Questions

What does recombinant dna mean?
DNA that has been engineered by splicing together fragments of DNA from multiple species and introduced into the cells of a host.

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