Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retroduplication

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: retrodu-pli-ca-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The reverse transcription of a gene from mRNA into a complementary DNA copy

Etymology

From retro- + duplication.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: retro

Inflected Forms

retroduplications (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

retroduplicate

Questions

What does retroduplication mean?: The reverse transcription of a gene from mRNA into a complementary DNA copy
Where does retroduplication come from?: From retro- + duplication.

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