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DNA replication is the process by which a molecule of DNA is duplicated.
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Cytoplasm is the gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of a cell. It is composed of water, salts, and various organic molecules.
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A centrosome is a cellular structure involved in the process of cell division.
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An interview with Meru Sadhu, an Earl Stadtman Investigator and head of the systems biology and genome engineering section within the NHGRI Intramural Research Program, where he talks about his research and why yeast have a special place in his heart.
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A public two-day National Institutes of Health (NIH) symposium that brings together experts from the biological and social sciences to clarify and contextualize – but not resolve - the complexities around sex, gender, and genomics by considering them in their scientific, ethical, and historical contexts.
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A transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell.
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Meiosis is the formation of egg and sperm cells. In sexually reproducing organisms, body cells are diploid, meaning they contain two sets of chromosomes (one set from each parent).
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Metaphase is a stage during the process of cell division (mitosis or meiosis).
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Mitosis is a cellular process that replicates chromosomes and produces two identical nuclei in preparation for cell division.
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Mitochondrial DNA is the small circular chromosome found inside mitochondria.