Keith's Difficult Science Word List and I mean Difficult

Heidi J. (United States of America)
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  1. diploid
    an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell
    The term diploid describes a state in which a cell has two sets of homologous chromosomes, or two chromosomes that are the same.
  2. intron
    sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
    The Core Gene Sequence: Introns and Exons

    Genes make up about 1 percent of the total DNA in our genome.
  3. nuclear RNA
    ribonucleic acid found in the nucleolus of the cell
    Ribonucleic Acids
    In addition to mRNA, DNA codes for other forms of RNA, including ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), transfer RNAs (tRNAs), and small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). rRNAs and tRNAs participate in protein assembly whereas snRNAs aid in a process called splicing -the process of editing of mRNA before it can be used as a template for protein synthesis.
Created on Mon Dec 06 10:01:52 EST 2010

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