HETERODUPLEX

Etymology

Noun

heteroduplex (plural heteroduplexes)

(biochemistry) A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule

Verb

heteroduplex (third-person singular simple present heteroduplexs, present participle heteroduplexing, simple past and past participle heteroduplexed)

To form such a compound by genetic recombination

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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