In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
INTRON
intron, noncoding DNA
(noun) sequence of a eukaryotic gene’s DNA that is not translated into a protein
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
intron (plural introns)
(genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.
Coordinate terms
• exon
Source: Wiktionary
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