CDNA

CDNA

DNA copies made from an RNA template catalysed by the enzyme reverse transcriptase.

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cDNA

Archaeology; Human evolution

DNA copies made from an RNA template catalyzed by the enzyme reverse transcriptase.

cDNA

Science; General science

A form of DNA prepared in the laboratory using messenger RNA (mRNA) as template, i.e. the reverse of the usual process of transcription in cells; the synthesis is catalyzed by ...

cDNA library

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A collection of cdna clones that were generated in vitro from the mrna sequences isolated from an organism, or a specific tissue or cell type, or population; a library of cdna ...

cDNA cloning

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

A method of cloning the coding sequence of a gene, starting with its mRNA transcript. It is normally used to clone a DNA copy of a eukaryotic mRNA. The cDNA copy, being a copy of ...

cDNA clone

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

A double-stranded DNA molecule that is carried in a vector and was synthesized in vitro from an mRNA sequence by using reverse transcriptase and DNA polymerase.

cDNA library

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

A collection of cDNA clones that were generated in vitro from the mRNA sequences isolated from an organism or a specific tissue or cell type or population of an organism.

interstitial wear

Archaeology; Human evolution

See interproximal wear.

one gene-one enzyme hypothesis

Archaeology; Human evolution

The hypothesis, based on Beadle and Tatum's studies in biochemical genetics, that each gene controls the synthesis of one enzyme.

formation processes

Archaeology; Human evolution

Those processes affecting the way in which archaeological materials came to be buried, and theirsubsequent history afterwards. Cultural formation processes include the deliberate ...

subspecies

Archaeology; Human evolution

A geographically defined aggregate of local populations which differs with various degrees of significance (depending on the author) from other such subdivisions of the species.

variance

Archaeology; Human evolution

A statistical measure of how values vary from the mean. See also standard deviation.

euchromatin

Archaeology; Human evolution

Chromatin that is condensed during division but becomes uncoiled during interphase.

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