overduplication

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ duplication

Noun[edit]

overduplication (uncountable)

  1. Excessive duplication
    • 2009 February 6, Adriana S. Hemerly et al., “Orc1 Controls Centriole and Centrosome Copy Number in Human Cells”, in Science[1], volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 789–793:
      Cyclin E siRNA did not change the number of cells with a 4C DNA content after Orc1-1 treatment (fig. S13B), which implies that the block of centrosome overduplication in Orc1-1–depleted cells by Cyclin E siRNA was not due to a compete G1 arrest.