kilobase pair

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kilobase pair

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From kilo- + base pair.

noun kilobase pairs

One thousand base pairs in succession (used as a measure of the size of a nucleic acid or a gene).
Similar: kbp

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@misc{kilobase_pair_2026,
  title = {kilobase pair},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kilobase%20pair},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}