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Alphabet

1. The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.

2. The simplest rudiments; elements. The very alphabet of our law. (Macaulay) deaf and dumb alphabet. See dactylology.

Origin: L. Alphabetum, fr. Gr. _, the first two greek letters; Heb. Aleph and beth: cf. F. Alphabet.


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HELP!!! I DONT UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION OR HOW TO ANSWER IT!!

A mutation is just a change in the information stored in a strand of DNA. DNA is made of a long string of base pairs, which are like letters in an alphabet. A mutation is when one or more letters gets changed, removed or added. Here's an example mutation => musationk Hope that helps

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by waveicle
Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:27 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: HELP!!! I DONT UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION OR HOW TO ANSWER IT!!
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Re: Misconceptions about Natural Selection

Hello,I'm trying to find an easy way to explain to someone that Natural Selection isn't related to human stupidity."How this thing about Darwin Awards is Natural Selection, because an individual does something stupid and dies from it." Having a lower I.Q. can be an asset. Higher I.Q. peop...

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by charles brough
Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:31 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Misconceptions about Natural Selection
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help! my biology teacher is trying to kill me!

... a light swich turning on a set of room lights 11. which of the following is most like a pair of male human sex chromosomes? a) the letter of the alphabet b) a bride and groom c) identical twins d) a pair of blue jeans e)a knife, fork and spoon 12. The function of an electron transportchainis ...

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by marnita
Sat May 31, 2008 10:44 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: help! my biology teacher is trying to kill me!
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Need some help pver here ...

... Lysine = K. I don’t know if it helps much or not, but I remember asparDic acid and gluE-tamic acid (and that D and E are adjacent letters of the alphabet with D's side chain being 1 carbon shorter than E so asparDic comes before gluE-tamic acid). The amides of same are asparagiNe and Q-tamine--again ...

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by blcr11
Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:33 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need some help pver here ...
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Views: 503

Are my answers right?

... analysis and graphical output. • Dot plots can be generated plotting points residue by residue. • For long sequences, especially DNA which has an alphabet of only 4 bases, the resulting dot plots have many coincidental matches (noise) and are hard to interpret. • To overcome this problem, a sliding ...

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by roniadam
Mon May 21, 2007 2:07 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are my answers right?
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