one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
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base pair::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | base, nucleotide |
Examples of base pair
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Single base pair mutations during replication can also have detrimental effects.
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With that spirit, we pair a base salary with a highly competitive bonus program.
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Albert Pujols made two errors at third base, leading to a pair of unearned runs.
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It can also act as a Lewis base by donating a pair of electrons to a Lewis acid.
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However, typos do creep into the copy when the unnatural base pair is included.
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Paabo hopes to cover each Neanderthal base pair 12 to 15 times in the years ahead.
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A new, unnatural, base pair could multiply and diversify these applications.
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It is believed over half the 20,000 remains fail to yield 400-base-pair DNA samples.
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Each cellular division provides further opportunity to accumulate base pair mutations.
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