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Request for: kilobase (kb) for DNA/RNA length #264

Open vincenzodomina opened 1 year ago

vincenzodomina commented 1 year ago

Literature reference: https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Kilobase

Please include the unit kilobase (kb)

A kilobase (abbreviated kb) is a unit of measurement used to help designate the length of DNA or RNA. One kilobase is equal to 1,000 bases.

gschadow commented 1 year ago

Seems legit. I am a bit worried about using the precious single letter of lower-case "b". I checked that we do not use it for "bit". I have not exhaustively checked if we don't have it for something else.

Action item: search the literature for any other serious uses of a unit symbol "b" for anything else. Check what IUPAC or IUB has to say about that.

Status: legitimate request with a high probability of being added.

linforestzhang commented 9 months ago

Candidates: k{base} 10*3{base}