Nucleotide

Nucleotide

A monomer (a chemical link in chains called polymers) composed of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a ringlike organic base.

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nucleotide

Natural environment; Coral reefs

One of the structural components, or building blocks, of DNA and RNA. A nucleotide consists of a base (one of four nitrogenous bases: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine) plus ...

nucleotide

Archaeology; Evolution

A unit building block of DNA and RNA. A nucleotide consists of a sugar and phosphate backbone with a base attached.

nucleotide

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The basic building block of nucleic acids; composed of a five-carbon sugar (either ribose or deoxyribose), a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base (either a purine or pyrimidine).

nucleotides

Biology; Cell biology

The subunits of nucleic acids; composed of a phosphate, a sugar, and a nitrogen-containing base. The fundamental structural unit of the nucleic acid group of organic ...

P-nucleotides

Biology; Immunology

P-nucleotides are nucleotides found in junctions between gene segments of the rearranged V-region genes of antigen receptors. They are an inverse repeat of the sequence at the end ...

ecosystem

Biology; Ecology

A biotic system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms in a particular area with their environments, is named as ecosystem.

climax

Biology; Ecology

The steady, end stage in ecological evolution of a variety of plant and animal species is termed as climax.

ground water

Biology; Ecology

Ground water, as opposed to surface water, is water that does not run off, and is not taken up by plants, but soaks down into an aquifer; a supply of fresh water under the earth’s ...

manure

Biology; Ecology

Animal wastes that are added to soil as a fertilizer. Manure is usually made from the wastes of horse, cow, and chicken.

ecology

Biology; Ecology

The scientific study of the relationships between living things and their environments is called ecology.

habitat

Biology; Ecology

An organism's native environment.

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