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Meaning of heteroduplex in English:

heteroduplex

Pronunciation /ˌhɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈdjuːplɛks/

adjective

Biochemistry

  • (of a nucleic acid) consisting of two partly mismatched polynucleotide strands derived from two different parent molecules.

noun

Biochemistry

  • A heteroduplex nucleic acid.

Origin

1960s from hetero- + duplex.