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Degenerate

Degenerate

Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low. Faint-hearted and degenerate king. (Shak) A degenerate and degraded state. (Milton) Degenerate from their ancient blood. (Swift) These degenerate days. (Pope) I had planted thee a noble vine . ., how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? (Jer. Ii. 21)

Origin: L. Degeneratus, p. P. Of degenerare to degenerate, cause to degenerate, fr. Degener base, degenerate, that departs from its race or kind; de- _ genus race, kind. See kin relationship.

1. To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate. When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and impiety. (Tillotson)

2. (Science: biology) to fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.

Origin: Degenerated; Degenerating.


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a question needing an answer

... your 21st codon by the way, selenocysteine?) and the rest up until 64 were stop codons, then you would have a lot of nonsense mutations. being degenerate makes a lot of mutations silent.

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by MrMistery
Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:33 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: a question needing an answer
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Re: Important unknown nanotech within humans

... processes and supercritical evacuation of the solvent. what is important in morgellons is of course that....cognitive abilties seem to wain and degenerate...... http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=cognitive+function+morgellons&btnG=Search&meta= ...Thus we have alot of highly suggestive ...

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by vincio
Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:17 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Important unknown nanotech within humans
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Wondering if someone can check this (DNA related)

... length of DNA: When a 2nd mutation is applied that cancels out the first mutation, it seems as if no effect happened in the organism. Codons are degenerate but changing an amino acid will affect the organism d. Suggest an explanation for the fact that the addition of an extra base in teh sequence ...

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by mjaigirdar
Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:15 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wondering if someone can check this (DNA related)
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PCR questions

... (2) PCR Manual PCR SSCP PCR RFLP Variants of PCR (1) AFLP PCR Alu-PCR Asymmetric PCR Colony PCR Protocols Competitive and/or Quantitative RT-PCR Degenerate PCR In Situ PCR Differential Display PCR Inverse PCR Ligation Mediated Suppression PCR Long PCR Protocols Methylation Specific PCR Multiplex ...

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by biolearner
Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:34 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: PCR questions
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Re: Are we all mutants?

human beings were not built up via mutations, so I'd say no. Mutations only take away, defect, degenerate or otherwise cause malfunction, disease, or death....no mutation is known to add a new structure or a new part to an existing structure, so common descent from a one-celled ...

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by Darwin420
Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:57 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Are we all mutants?
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