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tandem repeat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
tandem re-peat
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pattern of adjacent repeats in DNA.

Inflected Forms

tandem repeats (plural)

Questions

What does tandem repeat mean?
A pattern of adjacent repeats in DNA.

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