Usually means: One million base pairs DNA.
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▸ noun:  A length of nucleic acid containing one million nucleotides (bases if single-stranded, base pairs if double-stranded)

Similar:
kilobase, meganucleotide, petabase, base sequence, base, kilonucleotide, base pair, basepair, ribobase, miniband, more...

Opposite:
microbase, kilobase, nanobase

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Similar:
kilobase, meganucleotide, petabase, base sequence, base, kilonucleotide, base pair, basepair, ribobase, miniband, more...

Opposite:
microbase, kilobase, nanobase



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