Replication
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Replication may mean:
In biology:
- Self-replication, when a molecule (or any other pattern) makes a copy of itself
- DNA replication, the act of copying the genetic material of a cell (DNA) to a daughter cell
- Semiconservative replication, mechanism of DNA replication
Other:
- In finance option replication is the trading strategy used to ensure at a certain date the payoff of an option without trading this option.
- replication (computer science), the provision of redundant resources to improve reliability and fault-tolerance
- In statistics, replication is repeated measurement of a phenomenon, so that the variability can be estimated.
- Reproducibility, in science