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  2. Molecular evolution - Wikipedia

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    Molecular evolution describes how inherited DNA and/or RNA change over evolutionary time, and the consequences of this for proteins and other components of cells and organisms. Molecular evolution is the basis of phylogenetic approaches to describing the tree of life. Molecular evolution overlaps with population genetics, especially on shorter ...

  3. Ribonucleotide reductase - Wikipedia

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    Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), also known as ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase, is an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of deoxyribonucleotides from ribonucleotides. [1] [2] It catalyzes this formation by removing the 2'-hydroxyl group of the ribose ring of nucleoside diphosphates (or triphosphates depending on the class of RNR).

  4. Animal - Wikipedia

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    However, similar tracks are produced by the giant single-celled protist Gromia sphaerica, so the Tonian trace fossils may not indicate early animal evolution. [ 109 ] [ 110 ] Around the same time, the layered mats of microorganisms called stromatolites decreased in diversity, perhaps due to grazing by newly evolved animals. [ 111 ]

  5. James Webb Space Telescope - Wikipedia

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    IceAge: Chemical Evolution of Ices during Star Formation Melissa McClure: Stellar Physics 13.4 [237] Through the Looking GLASS: A JWST Exploration of Galaxy Formation and Evolution from Cosmic Dawn to Present Day Tommaso Treu: Galaxies and the IGM: 24.3 [238] A JWST Study of the Starburst-AGN Connection in Merging LIRGs Lee Armus: Galaxies and ...

  6. Mammal - Wikipedia

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    A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') [1] is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (/ m ə ˈ m eɪ l i. ə /).Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three middle ear bones.

  7. Eugenics - Wikipedia

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    A 1930s exhibit by the Eugenics Society.Some of the signs read "Healthy and Unhealthy Families", "Heredity as the Basis of Efficiency" and "Marry Wisely".Eugenics (/ j uː ˈ dʒ ɛ n ɪ k s / yoo-JEN-iks; from Ancient Greek εύ̃ (eû) 'good, well' and -γενής (genḗs) 'born, come into being, growing/grown') [1] is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality ...

  8. Coffee bean - Wikipedia

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    Lipids of the interior tissue are triglycerides, linoleic acid (46% of total free lipids), palmitic acid (30% to 35% of total free lipids), and esters. Arabica beans have a higher content of lipids (13.5–17.4 g lipids/100 g dried green coffee beans) than robustas (9.8–10.7 g lipids/100 g dried green coffee beans).

  9. Tiger - Wikipedia

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    2.2 Evolution. 2.3 Hybrids. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... as well as appearances on websites of major zoos and posters of some animated movies. ...