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Mitosis is a cellular process that replicates chromosomes and produces two identical nuclei in preparation for cell division.
… Mitosis, Meiosis, Cell Biology, DNA, Chromosome …
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Mitochondrial DNA is the small circular chromosome found inside mitochondria.
… Mitochondrial DNA, Mitochondria, Cell Biology, Inheritance …
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A Golgi body, also known as a Golgi apparatus, is a cell organelle that helps process and package proteins and lipid molecules, especially proteins destined to be exported from the cell.
… Golgi Apparatus, Camillo Golgi, Cell Biology …
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A germ line is the sex cells (eggs and sperm) that are used by sexually reproducing organisms to pass on genes from generation to generation.
… Germ Line, Sexual Reproduction, Cell Biology …
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Endoplasmic reticulum is a network of membranes inside a cell through which proteins and other molecules move.
… Endoplasmic Reticulum, Proteins, Ribosomes, Cell Biology …
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A cell cycle is a series of events that takes place in a cell as it grows and divides.
… Cell Division, Basic Biology, DNA Synthesis …
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Dr. Sharon Milgram is an adjunct investigator in the Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… is an adjunct investigator in the Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch at the National Human Genome Research …
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A transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell.
… and rat are important models with which to study human biology. The Mouse Transcriptome Project was an NIH-supported … transcriptome. Both Novartis and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory have well-established gene expression … Transcriptome, Genes, Cell Biology, RNA Sequence, DNA …
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NHGRI researchers, collaborators at the University of California (UC) San Diego, UC Davis and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine lay out a new framework for comparing dog-to-human aging, one that uses epigenetics as a biological marker to better understand the aging process.
… a genetic system for studies that inform human health and biology," said Dr. Ostrander. …
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Messenger RNA (abbreviated mRNA) is a type of single-stranded RNA involved in protein synthesis.
… Messenger RNA, MRNA, Protein Synthesis, Cell Biology …