MONOHYBRID

monohybrid

(noun) a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel’s experiments with garden peas)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

monohybrid (plural monohybrids)

A hybrid between two species that only have a difference of one gene.

Source: Wiktionary



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ACRIMONIOUS

(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; “an acrimonious dispute”; “bitter about the divorce”


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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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