kilobases

/ˈkɪləˌbeɪsɪz/
noun
  1. Plural of kilobase; units of 1,000 base pairs used in genetics.
    • The chromosome contains millions of kilobases.
    • The new study mapped a region of fifty kilobases.
    • They compared sequences that were several kilobases apart.
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