megabase pair in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mega- + base pair.",
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        "One million base pairs in succession (used as a measure of the size of a nucleic acid or a gene)."
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        "(genetics) One million base pairs in succession (used as a measure of the size of a nucleic acid or a gene)."
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"megabase pair" meaning in English

Noun

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