copy-number variants

A form of copy-number variant — A DNA sequence, 1000 nucleotides (or synonymously base pairs) in length or longer, that is present a variable number of times as copies in a genome relative to a reference genome.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of copy-number variant
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