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Crick-Brenner experiment
An elegant and important experiment performed in 1961 by Francis Crick and Sydney Brenner. The experiment proved that the genetic code was a triplet code and that the triplets were not separted by 'punctuation.' Crick and Brenner…
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- Fissure A cleft or groove. A fissure can be normal or abnormal. A fissure in the cerebral cortex is a normal feature…
- Jacksonian seizure A form of epilepsy involving brief alteration in movement, sensation or nerve function caused by abnormal…
- Adduction Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body. The opposite of adduction is abduction. An adductor muscle…
- Labrum In medicine, a ring of fibrocartilage (fibrous cartilage) around the edge of the articular (joint) surface of…
- Renal cell cancer Cancer that develops in the lining of the renal tubules, which filter the blood and produce urine. Also…
- Gland, bulbourethral See: Bulbourethral gland
- Bilious The adjective for bile, bilious has three meanings. It means of or relating to bile. By extension, bilious…
- Abuse, sexual child Child abuse comprises four basic types of mistreatment: child neglect, physical abuse of a child, emotional…
- Dystonia, laryngeal See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- System, sympathetic nervous A part of nervous system that accelerates the heart rate, constricts blood vessels, and raises blood…
- Pest (plague) An infectious disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis mainly infects rats and other…