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pair
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pair
1. a male and a female animal of the same species, esp such animals kept for breeding purposes
2. Parliamentary procedure
a. two opposed members who both agree not to vote on a specified motion or for a specific period of time
b. the agreement so made
3. two playing cards of the same rank or denomination
4. Cricket short for a pair of spectacles (see spectacles (sense 2))
5. Logic Maths
a. a set with two members
b. an ordered set with two members


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Allele nomenclature was based on the median fragment size of each natural group rounded to the nearest probable base pair number.
The device may someday lead to a sensor that can detect a single base pair difference in a target-DNA sequence, Ha says.
A 20 base pair duplication in the human thyroid peroxidase gene results in a total iodide organification defect and congenital hypothyroidism.
 
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