Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homologous recombination

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: ho-mol-o-gous re-com-bi-na-tion
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

8

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The exchange of DNA between regions of homologous chromosomes that occurs during meiosis.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

homologous recombinations (plural)

Questions

What does homologous recombination mean?: The exchange of DNA between regions of homologous chromosomes that occurs during meiosis.

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