Intron

Intron

A nucleotide sequence in eukaryotes that must be excised from a structural gene transcript in order to convert the transcript into a mature messenger RNA molecule containing only coding sequences that can be translated into the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide.

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Science; General science

A nucleotide sequence in a gene that does not code for the gene product. Introns, which occur principally in eukaryotes, are transcribed into messenger RNA but are subsequently ...

intron

Biology; Immunology

A segment of DNA that does not code for protein: the intervening sequence of nucleotides between coding sequences or exons.

intron

Natural environment; Coral reefs

DNA sequences that interrupt the protein-coding sequence of a gene; introns are transcribed into mrna but the sequences are eliminated from the RNA before it is used to make ...

intron

Archaeology; Evolution

The nucleotide sequences of some genes consist of parts that code for amino acids, and other parts that do not code for amino acids interspersed among them. The interspersed ...

intron

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The DNA sequence in a eukaryotic gene that is not translated into 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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