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Bubble

A widened segment of duplicating double-stranded DNA, visualised by electron microscopy, that is formed by two replication forks that travel away from the common origin of replication. The enlargement, or bubble, is a region in which the strands of the original DNA are separated and paired with newly synthesised DNA.

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