DUPLICATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something

Example:

this kind of duplication is wasteful

Synonyms:

duplication; gemination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("duplication" is a kind of...):

copying (an act of copying)

Derivation:

duplicate (make a duplicate or duplicates of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A copy that corresponds to an original exactly

Example:

he made a duplicate for the files

Synonyms:

duplicate; duplication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("duplication" is a kind of...):

copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duplication"):

backup; computer backup ((computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device)

counterpart; similitude; twin (a duplicate copy)

match; mate (an exact duplicate)

Derivation:

duplicate (make a duplicate or duplicates of)

Credits

Context examples:

A gene related to a similar gene by duplication within a genome.

(Paralogous Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Point mutations in alpha-synuclein and the recently described functional duplication of alpha-synuclein lead to excessive intracellular accumulation and protofibril formation.

(Parkinson's Disease Pathway KEGG, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Each of these isochromosomes constitutes a simultaneous duplication and deletion.

(Isochromosome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This allele, which encodes origin recognition complex subunit protein, plays a role in the mediation of chromatin duplication.

(ORC3L wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Genetic variants, including insertions, deletions, and duplications of segments of DNA, are also collectively referred to as copy number variants.

(Copy Number Polymorphism, NCI Dictionary)

Technique which produces a map of DNA sequence copy number as a function of chromosomal location throughout the entire genetic genome, and allows the detection of genetic deletions, duplications, and amplifications.

(Comparative Genomic Hybridization, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

This study uncovered fascinating mechanisms, including genetic duplications and acquisition of genes from other organisms, that enabled red algae to radiate throughout the world's oceans.

(Red seaweeds, including those in sushi, thrive despite ancestor's loss of genes, National Science Foundation)

This allele, which encodes serine/threonine-protein kinase LATS2 protein, is involved in centrosome duplication and the maintenance of mitotic fidelity.

(LATS2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The appearance of duplications of DNA within the genome plays an important role in the diversification of genomes.

(Genetic Duplication Process, NCI Thesaurus)

Banding also permits the recognition of chromosome deletions (lost segments), chromosome duplications (surplus segments) and other types of structural rearrangements of chromosomes.