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DNA

The molecule that carries genetic information in living organisms

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Exon 76% connected

A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.

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Polymer 76% connected

Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymeri…

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A 70% connected

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a…

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C 70% connected

The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale o…

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G 70% connected

G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally used as the treb…

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Factor 70% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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gene 70% connected

A segment of DNA that carries genetic information for a specific trait

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Acceptor RNA noun · 86% connection

RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach…

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CDNA noun · 86% connection

single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase

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Coding DNA noun · 86% connection

sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed with introns"

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Complementary DNA noun · 86% connection

single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase

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Copolymer noun · 86% connection

a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers

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Deoxyribonucleic acid noun · 86% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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Desoxyribonucleic acid noun · 86% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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Enzyme noun · 86% connection

any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions

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Episome noun · 86% connection

DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells)

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Informational RNA noun · 86% connection

the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…

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Intron noun · 86% connection

sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein

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Jumping gene noun · 86% connection

a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can…

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Junk DNA noun · 86% connection

stretches of DNA that do not code for genes; "most of the genome consists of junk DNA"

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Messenger RNA noun · 86% connection

the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…

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MRNA noun · 86% connection

the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…

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Noncoding DNA noun · 86% connection

sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein

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NRNA noun · 86% connection

ribonucleic acid found in the nucleolus of the cell

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Nuclear RNA noun · 86% connection

ribonucleic acid found in the nucleolus of the cell

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Abiogenesis noun · 78% connection

The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spon…

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Affinity noun · 78% connection

(biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts; "i…

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Anabolism noun · 78% connection

the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of ener…

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Autogeny noun · 78% connection

a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter

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Base pair noun · 78% connection

one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA mole…

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Bioclimatology noun · 78% connection

the study of effects of climate on living organisms

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Biogeny noun · 78% connection

A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- op…

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Biology noun · 78% connection

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of…

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Blood noun · 78% connection

the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood ca…

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Carry verb · 78% connection

To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying…

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Cell doctrine noun · 78% connection

(biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms; proposed in 1838 by Matt…

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Cell theory noun · 78% connection

(biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms; proposed in 1838 by Matt…

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