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Selfish operon
A hypothesis according to which the clustering of genes and their subsequent organization into operons is beneficial to the constituent genes because it enables the transfer of functionally coupled genes, genes involved in the same…
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- Factor, colony-stimulating Rheumatoid factor is an antibody that is measurable in the blood. It is commonly used as a blood test for the…
- Actinomycetes A group of gram-positive bacteria (order Actinomycetales) that produce various bioactive agents including…
- Diabetic xanthoma See: Eruptive xanthoma
- Gastroscope A flexible, lighted instrument that is put through the mouth and down the esophagus to view the stomach…
- Movement, saccadic See: Saccade
- Deafness, age-related See: Presbycusis
- Neuropathy, hypoglossal See: Hypoglossal neuropathy
- Testicular feminization syndrome Now more appropriately called the complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, this is a genetic disorder that…
- Allergic granulomatous angiitis See: Churg-Strauss syndrome
- Sense In biology and medicine, the faculty of sensory reception. The ability to convey specific types of external…
- Squawroot See: Blue cohosh