Genetic code

Genetic code

The base-pair information that specifies the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide.

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Natural environment; Coral reefs

The chemical code by which genetic information in DNA is translated into biological function. A set of three nucleotides (codons), the building blocks of DNA, signifies one amino ...

genetic code

Archaeology; Evolution

The code relating nucleotide triplets in the mRNA (or DNA) to amino acids in the proteins.

genetic code

Biology; Cell biology

The linear series of nucleotides, read as triplets, that speciÞes the sequence of amino acids in proteins. Each triplet speciÞes an amino acid, and the same codons are used for ...

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Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

1. The set of 64 nucleotide triplets (codons) that specify the 20 amino acids and termination codons (UAA, UAG, UGA). 2. The relationships between the nucleotide base-pair ...

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The arrangement of the smaller molecules that make up the large molecules of DNA and RNA.

genetic code

Plants; Plant pathology

The system of triplet codons composed of nucleotides of DNA or RNA that determine the amino acid sequence of a protein.

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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