genetic
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These work like punctuation marks in the genetic instructions, signaling that protein construction should stop.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
And so, we found two genetic mutations of mine.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Ciliates have become especially interesting to geneticists because they are known hotspots for genetic code changes, including changes involving stop codons.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
It essentially recognizes that if you’re in your 80s, pancreatic cancer might be environmental, but if you’re in your 50s, as I was, it’s almost certainly a genetic mutation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Selecting phenotypes was going to be a flawed mechanism to guarantee genetic selection.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing genetic
Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "G"
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National Nurses Week: Common Medical Terms
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