recombination
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See also: Recombination
English
Etymology
From re- + combination.
Pronunciation
Noun
recombination (plural recombinations)
- Combination a second or subsequent time.
- (genetics) The formation of genetic combinations in offspring that are not present in the parents.
- (chemistry) The reverse of dissociation.
- (astrophysics) The process by which the plasma of electrons and protons produced after the Big Bang condensed into hydrogen, or the epoch in which this process occurred.
- Coordinate term: cosmic microwave background
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Combination a second or subsequent time.
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in genetics
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in chemistry
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