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Acentric chromosome

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Published on 01-04-2011 06:09 PM

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A chromosome having no centromere.

A fragment of a chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers ...

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Acentric chromosome

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Published on 01-10-2011 10:25 AM

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A chromosome having no centromere. A fragment of a chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic ...

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Amino acid

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Published on 01-06-2011 03:04 PM

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Small molecules that form proteins are known as amino acids. Some of them are also instrumental in manufacturing of hormones. ...

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Autosomal set

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Published on 01-10-2011 10:26 AM

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The non-sex chromosomes consisting of one from each homologous pair in a diploid species. Pertaining to a chromosome that ...

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Autosome

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Published on 01-10-2011 09:49 AM

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Out of total 23 pairs of chromosomes that huma genome consists, 22 pairs of choromosomes that are not involved in sex determination ...

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Autosome

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Published on 01-06-2011 01:51 PM

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A chromosome not involved in sex determination. The diploid human genome consists of 46 chromosomes, 22 pairs of autosomes ...

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Axoneme

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Published on 01-10-2011 10:25 AM

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A bundle of microtubules and other proteins forming the core of each cilium or flagellum. The bundle of fibrils that constitutes ...

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Binary fission

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Published on 01-10-2011 10:27 AM

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The process in which a parent cell splits into two daughter cells of approximately equal size. Simple cell division in single-celled ...

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Base pair (bp)

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Published on 01-10-2011 09:49 AM

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Two nucleotides on opposite stands of DNA or RNA bonded through hydrogen bonds are called base pair.There are two possibilities ...

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Biochemical genetics

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Published on 01-10-2011 10:29 AM

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The study of the relationships between genes and enzymes, specifically the role of genes in controlling the steps in biochemical ...

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Biparental zygote

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Published on 01-10-2011 10:27 AM

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A Chlamydomonas zygote that contains chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) from both parents, such cells generally are rare since normally ...

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Biotechnology

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Published on 01-06-2011 03:02 PM

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Biotechnology is a branch of engineering that applies results of biologic research and establish relationships amongst the ...

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Blastoderm

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Published on 01-10-2011 10:28 AM

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In an insect embryo, the layer of cells that completely surrounds an internal mass of yolk. Defining briefly, In many eggs ...

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Breakage and reunion

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Published on 01-10-2011 10:30 AM

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The general mode by which recombination occurs. DNA duplexes are broken and reunited in a crosswise fashion according to ...

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Branch migration

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Published on 01-10-2011 10:29 AM

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Branch migration refer to the ability of DNA strand to extend its partial pairing with its complement in a duplex by displacing ...

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Buoyant density of DNA

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Published on 01-10-2011 10:30 AM

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A measure of the density of DNA determined by the equilibrium point reached by DNA after density gradient centrifugation. ...

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CDNA library

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Published on 01-10-2011 10:32 AM

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A pool of complementary DNA clones produced by cDNA cloning of total messenger RNA from a single source (cell type, tissue, ...

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Cancer-family syndrome

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Published on 01-10-2011 10:31 AM

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Pedigree in which unusually large numbers of blood relatives develop certain kinds of cancers. A family history of colorectal ...

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Cell division

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Published on 01-10-2011 11:00 AM

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The process by which two cells are formed from one. See meiosis and mitosis ...

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Chromocenter

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Published on 01-10-2011 11:01 AM

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The point at which polytene chromosomes appear to be linked together. ...

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Centriole

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Published on 01-10-2011 11:01 AM

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Centriole is a short cylinder shaped organelle that is found in pairs arranged at right angles to each other situated at ...

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