duplication
/djuː.plɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/
noun
Meaning
The act of duplicating.
A folding over; a fold.
The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.
"duplication of cartilage cells"
The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.