Kilobase vs. Megabase

Kilobase vs. Megabase — Is There a Difference?

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Difference Between Kilobase and Megabase

Kilobasenoun

a length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each strand

Megabasenoun

A length of nucleic acid containing one million nucleotides (bases if single-stranded, base pairs if double-stranded)

Kilobasenoun

a length of single-stranded RNA containing one thousand nucleotides

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