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overlap

1. The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.

2. (Science: geology) An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.


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Population Genetics Questions

... one region of the human genome. In the space below the sequences, align the sequences to make a single sequence contig, showing how the sequences overlap. (To make things fit, you may need to write small or wrap around!) NOTE: All six sequences read in a 5’ to 3’ direction. Five of the six sequences ...

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by animus31
Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:36 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Population Genetics Questions
Replies: 3
Views: 1140

Re:

... Was these 20% spread throughout whole sequence? Usually several parts but if blast finds similarity with 1 protein then it shows spread out overlap within that protein not over entire genome.

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by mhein
Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:17 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Connection between opioid receptors and fatty acid receptors
Replies: 4
Views: 5032

Molecular gene (genome) concept scientifically untenable

... is extremely complex. Genes reside within one another, share some of their DNA sequences, are transcribed and spliced in complex patterns, and can overlap in function with other genes of the same sequence families. “Today, in the era of genomic sequencing and intense effort to identify sites of ...

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by PAWahid
Wed May 02, 2012 4:54 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Molecular gene (genome) concept scientifically untenable
Replies: 12
Views: 14566

Re: What are the potential benefits of epigenetics research?

... question to ask is, what’s the other 98% doing. This is in the area of epigenetics. Actually, this is the study of noncoding DNA, which can overlap with epigenetics but only incidentally. Epigenetics is the study of heritable cellular changes that are not encoded by DNA sequence. :) With ...

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by AstraSequi
Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:25 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: What are the potential benefits of epigenetics research?
Replies: 4
Views: 3694

MEGAPRIMER PCR

... The worst is that you have to retry the conditions when changing the polymerase as they can behave quite differently. Or maybe the larger overlap will solve your problems anyway. Good luck

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by canalon
Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:56 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: MEGAPRIMER PCR
Replies: 7
Views: 1603
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