Oligonucleotide vs. Polynucleotide

[AnaB]

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This may be a really stupid question, but its bothering me - I don't understand what the difference is between oligonucleotides and polynucleotides. Aren't they both just polymers of nucleotides? Is it a difference in length?

Thanks for the help!

 

[Halfling]

This may be a really stupid question, but its bothering me - I don't understand what the difference is between oligonucleotides and polynucleotides. Aren't they both just polymers of nucleotides? Is it a difference in length?

Thanks for the help!

Yep.. oligo = few/little 🙂.. so its still a polymer but just shorter... I'm fairly certain about this, hopefully some1 can confirm...

 

[Geneticist]

Yep.. oligo = few/little 🙂.. so its still a polymer but just shorter... I'm fairly certain about this, hopefully some1 can confirm...

Correct. It's all quantitative.

Oligo = few
Poly = many