Viability
...rgan ism remains alive; often used to describe the
length of time before a seed will fail to germinate. Full article >>> population viability ana lysis (PVA) A method of predicting whether or not a species will persist in a particular environment . positional information ... Full a...
Veins
...ber of major leaf veins which run parallel the
length of the leaf ; in dicot s, there are usually numerous auxillary veins which reticulate between the major ones. Full article >>> blood vessels ( veins ) carrying blood from the posterior part of the body to the kidney s. Oxygen...
Variation
...l article >>> restriction fragment
length polymorphisms ( RFLP s) Variation s, among individuals in a population , in the
length of certain restriction fragment s within which certain genomic sequence s occur. Full article ...
Typhlosole
...ng of the earthworm's intestine along its entire
length that increases its surface area for digestive purposes. Covered in Lab 12 Animal Diversity II U ... Full article >>> Ingested food is stored in a crop and ground up in a muscular gizzard. The dorsal surface of the intestine is ...
Transverse
...inally; the arms of such chromosome are equal in
length and genetically identical, however, ... Full article >>>...
Translation
...62; Effects of additions and deletion s: If the
length of the new or deleted segment is not a multiple of three the translation will be garbled after the point at which the insertion / deletion occurred because the frame reading is now misaligned. Full article >>> A complex organell...
Transcriptase
...d to make c DNA . RFLP -- restriction fragment
length polymorphism ; variation s occurring within a species in the
length of DNA fragments generated by a species endonuclease . Full article >>>...
Trait
... trait s, such as size and number of offspring ,
length of maturation, age at first reproduction , and th...e >>> chromosome pairs of the same
length centromere position, and staining pattern that possess genes for the same trait s at correspondin...
Stem
...ngth. Flower color has five alleles and stem
length has two. Practice Crosses ... Full article >>> Pedicel the region of a plant stem below the receptacle (below a flower ) (ped pediculus = foot ) PelagicZone the open water in the ocean (pelago = the sea) ... Full article ...
Start codon
...urse of the run, the GA can increase the effective
length of its genome by introducing new start codon s in different reading frame s. By the end of the run, "the amount of overlap is quite high. Full article >>> The vector may also carry a ribosome binding sequence (for bacteria l...
SSCP
... -protection assay RFLP : restriction fragment
length polymorphism PCR : polymerase chain re action amplification with mutation -specific primer s ... Full article >>> Methods such as single strand conformation polymorphism ( SSCP ) and denaturing gradient gel electropho...
Splicing
...sition of amino acids or it may involve just the
length of 3' UTR. Full article >>> Catalyzes the splicing of precursor message RNA . Major components are snRNP s (U1, U2, U4, U5 and U6). Related Precursor m RNA Splicing ... Full article >>> (See DNA polymorphism ...
Spirochetes
...rkscrew-shaped, flexible organ isms that range in
length from a few to as many as 500 µm. Two notorious examples: ... Full article >>> And what our research has done is to link acorn production to the risk of exposure to Lyme disease after a time delay, by monitoring acorns, mice, and ...
Spinal cord
...rd A more or less uniform tube extending the full
length of the body in vertebrates behind the head. It is enclosed in the backbone. Full article >>> Gray matter in the spinal cord that contains motor nerve cell bodies. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ... Full arti...
Species
...l article >>> Restriction fragment
length polymorphisms ( RFLP ) are variation in DNA fragment banding patterns of electrophoresed restriction digests of DNA from different individuals of a species . Full article >>> monoecious Referring to a plant species th...
Southern blotting
...riction fragment s are then separated according to
length by agarose gel electrophoresis . The resulting gel may be enhanced by Southern blotting . Full article >>> of a radiol abeled (or chemiluminescent) dexoy nucleotide (dNTP) will yield probe s representing the sequence s found i...
Southern blot
...riction fragment s are then separated according to
length by agarose gel electrophoresis . The resulting gel may be enhanced by Southern blot ting . Full article >>> Southern blot ting -- a technique for trans ferring electrophoretically resolved DNA segment s from an agarose g...
SnRNP
...QL standard query language SSLP single- sequence
length polymorphism SSR simple sequence repeat STM scanning tunneling microscope STRP short tandem repeat polymorphism STS sequence -tagged site ... Full article >>> Short RNA transcript s of 100-300 bp that associate with ...
Skeleton
...>>> Mapping of locations along the
length of individual segment ed chromosomes was achieved by calculating the skeleton of the segment ation mask, converting the skeleton to a smoothed piece-wise linear line description (medial axis), ... Full article >>> They have jaw...
Simple Sequence Repeat
... consist of repeating units of 1-4 base pair s in
length [1]. Full article >>> Perry Cregan (USDA, ARS) and others reported continued success with simple sequence repeat s, which are small sequence patterns that are repeated at variable lengths. Full article >>> Heterochro...
Sequence
...rticle >>> repeat sequence s -- The
length of a nucleotide sequence that is repeated in a...ate. May be either a synthetic DNA or RNA or a
length of RNA synthesized in vivo by primase . Full article >>> Genetic sequence eviden...
Scale
...;> The map usually indicates the approximate
length of the entire piece ( scale on the bottom), as well as the position within the piece at which designated enzymes will cut. Full article >>> crawler. The active first instar of a scale insect. crochets. Tiny hooks on the prolegs of...
Satellite DNA
...2; They differ from satellite DNA s in that the
length of the repeat is longer and the DNA is not highly repeated. The eukaryotic trans cribed r DNA unit is flanked by not trans cribed or lightly trans cribed segment s. Full article >>>...
Sarcomere
...epeating units, delimited by the Z bands along the
length of the myofibril. sarcoplasm The clear, semifluid cytoplasm between the fibrils of muscle fibers. Full article >>> The anatomy of a sarcomere The thick filaments produce the dark A band . The thin filaments extend in each d...
Salivary glands
...lands of Diptera such as Drosophila . Their 2 mm
length is much longer than metaphase chromosomes . The polytene chromosomes consist of 100 or more copies of DNA , arranged side by side. Full article >>> We take parasite -infected mosquitoes, so these mosquitoes have malaria para...
Rostrum
...ese archaic whales if we look at the skull are the
length of the rostrum , the opening of the nares, the nose, ... Full article >>>...
RNA editing
...sition of amino acids or it may involve just the
length of 3' UTR. One reason for alternative/differential splicing is base modification during RNA editing causing a change in slice sites. Full article >>>...
Ribonuclease
... -protection assay RFLP : restriction fragment
length polymorphism PCR : polymerase chain re action amplification with mutation -specific primer s ... Full article >>> For example, ribonuclease inhibitor binds to ribonuclease A with a roughly 20 fM dissociation constant. Ot...
Revertant
...ee Back Mutation . RFLP : Restriction fragment
length polymorphism ; the acronym is pronounced "riflip". Although two individuals of the same species have almost identical genome s, they will always differ at a few nucleotide s. Full article >>> The revertant s Hall found fell into ...
Reverse transcriptase
...d to make c DNA . RFLP -- restriction fragment
length polymorphism ; variation s occurring within a species in the
length of DNA fragments generated by a species endonuclease . Full article >>>...
RFLP
... too Definition of RFLP : Restriction fragment
length polymorphisms ( RFLP ) are variation in DNA ...Research Institute, defines restriction fragment
length polymorphism ( RFLP ). related terms: deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA ), enzyme , polymorphism , ...
Retrotransposon
... Full article >>> Amplified fragment
length polymorphism Genetics Retrotransposon Categories: Molecular biology ... Full article >>>...
Retina
...ls within the eye. RFLP : restriction fragment
length polymorphism ; a technique using small bits of DNA fragments linked to various diseases. Full article >>> Retina l consists of a system of alternating single and double bonds. In the dark, the hydrogen atoms attached to the #11 and...
Restriction fragment
restriction fragment
length polymorphis ( RFLP ) a DNA polymorphism detect...l article >>> Restriction fragment
length polymorphism (Redirected from RFLP ) In molecular biology , ... Full article >>> ...
Restriction enzyme
... is foreign to a bacterium. restriction fragment
length polymorphisms ( RFLP s) ... Full article >&... hybrid izing bands shown above was obtained. The
length of the restriction fragment s recognized by the probe is dimorphic in this population . Full ar...
Restriction site
...: See Restriction enzyme . Restriction fragment
length polymorphism ( RFLP ): Variation in the distan...riction site s) varies between individuals: so the
length of the fragments varies, and the position of certain gel bands differs between individuals (thus ...
Restriction
...article >>> restriction fragment
length polymorphis ( RFLP ) a DNA polymorphism detect...article >>> restriction fragment
length polymorphism ( RFLP ) Definition: Search for: ... Full article >>> Restriction e...
Replication
...ate. May be either a synthetic DNA or RNA or a
length of RNA synthesized in vivo by primase . Full article >>> polytene chromosome - large chromosome resulting from repeated DNA replication and alignment of homologs in the absence of mitosis ; found in salivary glands and ...
RAPD
... Molecular Biology RFLP restriction fragment
length polymorphism RH radiation hybrid RLGS Restriction Landmark Genomic Scanning ... Full article >>> RAPD Random amplification of polymorphic DNA . A method for identifying differences between genome s of different individual...
Pseudopod
... literally "false feet". repeat sequence s -- The
length of a nucleotide sequence that is repeated in a tandem cluster. Full article >>> Pseudopod ia are used by many cells , such as Amoeba , Chaos (Pelomyxa) and human leukocytes ( white blood cells ). These are not structures as ...
Probability
... of a crossover is not uniform along the entire
length of the chromosome . Full article >>> The probability that a correct fragment will pass, correctly placed, is at least pm (in the worst case of there only being one such fragment). Full article >>> risk Probability t...
Primer
...#62;>> Primer design The choice of the
length of the primer s and their melting temperature d...ate. May be either a synthetic DNA or RNA or a
length of RNA synthesized in vivo by primase . Full article >>> Primer This article is ...
Primase
...ate. May be either a synthetic DNA or RNA or a
length of RNA synthesized in vivo by primase . Full article >>> primase An enzyme that synthesizes RNA oligonucleotide s used as primer s by DNA polymerase s. primer A short oligomer (of sugars in glycogen or nucleotide s in ...
Primary growth
...f shoot s and roots resulting in an increase in
length of the axis. primary immune response The initial...l meristem s, and primarily involves extending the
length of the plant body. Covered in Lab 9 Seed Plant Sporophyte ... Full article >>> ...
Polytene
...lands of Diptera such as Drosophila . Their 2 mm
length is much longer than metaphase chromosomes . Th...>>> A swelling at a site along the
length of a polytene chromosome ; the site of active transcription . A diffuse uncoiled region in a ...
Polymorphisms
... The polymorphisms due to restriction fragment
length variation s in the genome s in a human popula...l article >>> Restriction fragment
length polymorphisms ( RFLP ) are variation in DNA fragment banding patterns of electrophoresed rest...
Polymorphic loci
... consist of repeating units of 1-4 base pair s in
length [1]. Full article >>>...
Polymorphism
...l article >>> Restriction fragment
length polymorphism (Redirected from RFLP ) In molecu...Research Institute, defines restriction fragment
length polymorphism ( RFLP ). related terms: deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA ), enzyme , polymorphism , ...
Pineal gland
... appears that the SCN takes the information on day
length from the retina , interprets it, and passes it on to the pineal gland (a pea-like structure found on the epi thalamus ), which then secretes the hormone melatonin in response. Full article >>> [Gr. epi - on, upon; Gr. physis - gro...
Phage
... lambda ). MHC class I trans membrane domain
length variation , frequent gene conversion s and deletion s in the MHC-linked 21-hydroxylase gene (CYP21), gene conversion s within the MHC class II genes in mice and human s, ... Full article >>> In DNA cloning , the plasmid o...
Package
...s. Each histone molecule has a tail of varying
length that protrudes of the core nucleosome . Full article >>> synthesize and package their neurotransmitter in vesicle s for release (by exocytosis) at the synapse often have "reuptake" trans porters that reclaim the trans mitter...
Overhang
...quence s differ between restriction enzymes , the
length and the exact sequence of a sticky-end " overhang ", as well as whether it is the 5' or the 3' strand that overhang s, depends on which enzyme produced it. Full article >>> Overhang PAGE See Polyacrylamide Gel Electropho...
Open reading frame
... of DNA which potentially codes for protein . A
length of DNA not interrupted by stop codon s. A sequence of in frame codon s preceded by a translation al initiation codon and terminated by a chain termination triplet. Full article >>> Open Reading Frame A brief description of t...
Nucleus
... essential pairing sequence (MEPS) The shortest
length of DNA homology required for the initiation of homologous recombination . Full article >>> Chromosomes Structures in the cell nucleus , each containing the DNA for many hundred genes, package d with proteins . Full arti...
Nucleosome
...osome - unit of chromatin consisting of a short
length of DNA (about 140 bp) wrapped twice around a core of eight histone proteins (two each of H2A, H2B, H3 and H4). Back to the Top ... Full article >>> nucleosome Structural unit for packaging DNA into chromatin . A nucleosome ...
Notochord
...hord In chordates , a cellular rod that runs the
length of the body and provides dorsal support. Also, a...tochord : a flexible rod of tissue extending the
length of an animal that provides internal support. nucleic acids : large molecule s comprised of nucl...
Norepinephrine
...tochord : a flexible rod of tissue extending the
length of an animal that provides internal support. Full article >>> norepinephrine A neurotransmitter released from the axon ends of some nerve fibers; noradrenaline. Full article >>> Norepinephrine reuptake inhibito...
Nerve impulse
... nerve impulse The signal that travels along the
length of a nerve fiber and ends in the release of neurotransmitter s. Nerve impulse s are the means by which information is trans mitted along the neuron and throughout the nervous system . Full article >>> What is a nerve impulse ? A...
Nerve chord
... spinal cord ; a hollow structure that extends the
length of the animal just above the notochord . nerve impulse : an electrochemical event that occurs within the neuron . Full article >>> : A major phylum in the Kingdom Animalia . A chordate is character ized by the presence o...
Microtubules
...s have a diameter of about 25 nm are variable in
length but can grow 1000 times as long as they are thick are built by the assembly of dimer s of alpha tubulin and beta tubulin . Full article >>> Microtubules act as tracts along which organelles can move. For example, they are as...