Biology

Biology

A natural science concerned with the study of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially in relation to their origin, growth, reproduction, structure, behaviour and evolution.

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dominant trait

Biology; Genetics

A trait that appears in a living thing. A dominant trait is one that appears even if the gene for that trait is inherited from one parent is different from another.

double helix

Biology; Genetics

The shape of a DNA molecule. A double helix resembles a ladder that has been twisted into a spiral.

Adonis DNA

Biology; Genetics

The type of DNA which Charlie Sheen claims to have. When asked in NBC's Today show if he was worried about his future after being removed from Two and a Half Men, Charlie said, ...

double helix

Biology; Genetics

a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis: the postulated structure of the DNA molecule

gene expression

Biology; Genetics

Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product. These products are often proteins, but in non-protein coding ...

transcription

Biology; Genetics

Transcription is the process of creating an equivalent RNA copy of a sequence of DNA(1). Both RNA and DNA are nucleic acids, which use base pairs of nucleotides as a complementary ...