| copy choice | A genetic recombination mechanism where the new DNA molecule comes about by replicating selected parts of each parental DNA molecule and by alternating between the two (maternal and paternal). (09 Oct 1997) |
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| copy number | The number of molecules of a particular type on or in a cell or part of a cell. Usually applied to specific genes or to plasmids within a bacterium. (18 Nov 1997) |
| copying processes | Reproduction of data in a new location or other destination, leaving the source data unchanged, although the physical form of the result may differ from that of the source. (12 Dec 1998) |
| copyright | The exclusive right, granted by law for a certain number of years, to make and dispose of copies of a literary, musical or artistic work. In the united states the copyright is granted for the life of the author plus 50 years. In the case of a joint work, it is for the life of the last joint author to die, plus 50 years. In either case the copyright runs until the end of the calendar year 50 years after the author's death. (12 Dec 1998) |
| expression-linked copy | <molecular biology> One of many different versions of the variable surface glycoprotein gene of the trypanosome (a parasitic protozoan which causes the disease African sleeping sickness), refers to whichever one of them is currently being expressed on the outer surface of the trypanosome. (09 Oct 1997) |
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