multiforkadj.
/ˈmʌltɪfɔːk/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈfɔrk/; see also multi- comb. form. Molecular Biology.
Involving or having more than one replication fork. Cf. multiforked adj.
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1964 H. Yoshikawa et al. in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 52 977 The situation in which more than one replication point (or fork) exists in one chromosome may be called multifork replication.
1972 Jrnl. Molec. Biol. 71 237 Membrane attachment of the replication origins of a multifork (dichotomous) chromosome in Bacillus subtilis.
1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 2906/1 Multifork replication occurred in the early stage and then returned to the normal pattern of replication.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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