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base pair
This term is a technical unit of measurement used in genetics to describe the length of DNA or RNA sequences. It refers specifically to the pairing of adenine with thymine (or uracil) and cytosine with guanine.
In scientific writing, this term is frequently abbreviated as bp. While the term is countable, it is often used in the plural form when referring to the total length of a genetic sequence, as a single base pair is rarely the focus of a study compared to the sequence as a whole.
Meanings
Examples
We learned about the base pair in biology class.
The doctor explained how a base pair mutation causes illness.
The detective found a single base pair difference in the sample.
The research paper details the sequence of each base pair.
Ancient DNA analysis reveals a missing base pair from the ancestor.