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  2. Genetics - Wikipedia

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    Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms. [1] [2] [3] It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar working in the 19th century in Brno, was the first to study genetics scientifically.

  3. Binomial nomenclature - Wikipedia

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    Since 1961, [44] "binomi n al nomenclature" is the technically correct term in zoology. [1] A binomial name is also called a binomen (plural binomina) or binominal name. [2] Both codes consider the first part of the two-part name for a species to be the "generic name".

  4. Genetic code - Wikipedia

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    The code emerges at a transition when the mapping of codons to amino acids becomes nonrandom. The code's emergence is governed by the topology defined by the probable errors and is related to the map coloring problem. [109] Game theory: Models based on signaling games combine elements of game theory, natural selection and information channels ...

  5. Cooperation (evolution) - Wikipedia

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    e. In evolution, cooperation is the process where groups of organisms work or act together for common or mutual benefits. It is commonly defined as any adaptation that has evolved, at least in part, to increase the reproductive success of the actor's social partners. [1] For example, territorial choruses by male lions discourage intruders and ...

  6. Mutation - Wikipedia

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    Note that, for mutations in RNA, the nucleotide code is written in lower case. Amino acid substitution (e.g., D111E) – The first letter is the one letter code of the wild-type amino acid, the number is the position of the amino acid from the N-terminus, and the second letter is the one letter code of the amino acid present in the mutation ...

  7. Entropy and life - Wikipedia

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    Entropy and life. Research concerning the relationship between the thermodynamic quantity entropy and both the origin and evolution of life began around the turn of the 20th century. In 1910 American historian Henry Adams printed and distributed to university libraries and history professors the small volume A Letter to American Teachers of ...

  8. Single-nucleotide polymorphism - Wikipedia

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    The upper DNA molecule differs from the lower DNA molecule at a single base-pair location (a G/A polymorphism). In genetics and bioinformatics, a single-nucleotide polymorphism ( SNP / snɪp /; plural SNPs / snɪps /) is a germline substitution of a single nucleotide at a specific position in the genome. Although certain definitions require the ...

  9. Genomics - Wikipedia

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    Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of molecular biology focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes.A genome is an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes as well as its hierarchical, three-dimensional structural configuration.