duplication

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[ UK /djˌuːplɪkˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌdjupɫəˈkeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something
    this kind of duplication is wasteful
  2. a copy that corresponds to an original exactly
    he made a duplicate for the files
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How To Use duplication In A Sentence

  • Furthermore, functional and structural divergence might, in some cases, precede rather than follow gene duplication.
  • Furthermore, these gene duplications evolved after the split between the common ancestor of nymphalid and papilionid butterflies.
  • The main point was that the total genetic capacity of a species may increase due to gene duplication.
  • In this manner the brain avoids duplication of function.
  • Also, few modern regulating structures exist and the systems need to be rationalized to eliminate duplication or resources and increase the irrigable area.
  • One particular quirk of syntax occurs remarkably often in both poems: duplication of a monosyllabic word with asyndeton, within a line.
  • This duplication may either be accounted for on the theory of chorisis above alluded to, or by supposing that the extra corolline whorl is due to a series of confluent petalodic stamens; that the latter is the true explanation, in certain cases at least, is shown by some flowers of Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
  • A few years back charities and voluntary organisations had a mutual respect for one another's services and duplication did not happen.
  • Hats off to the Proms for avoiding unnecessary duplication and ensuring maximum diversity. Times, Sunday Times
  • This suggests the occurrence during primate evolution of a previously undescribed pericentric inversion subsequent to the cluster duplication.
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