Meanings
nounheteroduplex (plural heteroduplexes or heteroduplices)
plural heteroduplexes · plural heteroduplices
- biochemistryA nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule
verbheteroduplex (third-person singular simple present heteroduplexes, present participle heteroduplexing, simple past and past participle heteroduplexed)
present singular third person heteroduplexes · participle present heteroduplexing · participle past heteroduplexed · past heteroduplexed
- To form such a compound by genetic recombination
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
- Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
- Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
- Englishhetero-
- Englishduplex
- Englishheteroduplex
Translations
Finnish heterodupleksi
- heterodupleksiTranslations
French hétéroduplex
- hétéroduplexTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
heteroduplex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteroduplex
MLA
“heteroduplex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteroduplex. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heteroduplex,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteroduplex.
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