Replication may refer to:
Science
*
Replication (scientific method), one of the main principles of the scientific method, a.k.a. reproducibility
**
Replication (statistics)
In engineering, science, and statistics, replication is the process of repeating a study or experiment under the same or similar conditions. It is a crucial step to test the original claim and confirm or reject the accuracy of results as well as f ...
, the repetition of a test or complete experiment
**
Replication crisis
The replication crisis, also known as the reproducibility or replicability crisis, refers to the growing number of published scientific results that other researchers have been unable to reproduce or verify. Because the reproducibility of empir ...
*
Self-replication
Self-replication is any behavior of a dynamical system that yields construction of an identical or similar copy of itself. Biological cells, given suitable environments, reproduce by cell division. During cell division, DNA is replicated and c ...
, the process in which an entity (a cell, virus, program, etc.) makes a copy of itself
**
DNA replication
In molecular biology, DNA replication is the biological process of producing two identical replicas of DNA from one original DNA molecule. DNA replication occurs in all life, living organisms, acting as the most essential part of heredity, biolog ...
or DNA synthesis, the process of copying a double-stranded DNA molecule
***
Semiconservative replication, mechanism of DNA replication
**
Viral replication
Viral replication is the formation of biological viruses during the infection process in the target host cells. Viruses must first get into the cell before viral replication can occur. Through the generation of abundant copies of its genome ...
, the process by which viruses produce copies of themselves
*
Replication (metallography), the use of thin plastic films to duplicate the microstructure of a component
*
Self-replicating machines
Computing
*
Replication (computing), the use of redundant resources to improve reliability, fault-tolerance, or performance
*
Replication (optical media), the manufacture of CDs and DVDs by means other than burning writable discs
See also
*
Replicator (disambiguation)
{{disambiguation