Alphabetical
Alphabetical list of glossary terms
gene
[noun]
Material (usually DNA) that is inherited from a parent and which encodes for a cellular component important for some cellular function.
Appears in modules:
- Animal Behavior Causes and approaches to studying behavior
- Animal Ecology Competition, predation, and cooperation
- Cellular Organelles I Endosymbiosis and membrane-bound organelles
- Charles Darwin III Descent with modification
- Creativity in Science How scientists decide what to study
- David Ho HIV researcher
- Discovery and Structure of Cells Cell theory, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes
- DNA III The replication of DNA
- From Stable Chromosomes to Jumping Genes The work of Barbara McClintock
- Future of Human Evolution Artificial selection and transhumanism
- Gene Expression Enzymes and hereditary conditions
- Inheritance Mendel's experiments and laws
- Lipids Composition, structure, and function
- Origins of Life I Early ideas and experiments
- Revolutionizing Medicine with Monoclonal Antibodies The work of César Milstein
- Theories, Hypotheses, and Laws Definitions, examples, and their roles in science
- Tracking Human Ancestry The Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA
- Uncovering the Mysteries of Chronic Mountain Sickness The work of Fabiola Léon-Velarde
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