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Cambridge
A university in England
helix
A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
Francis Crick
English biochemist who helped discover the helical structure of DNA
intellectual
A person who uses the mind creatively
ingenious
Showing inventiveness and skill
ribonucleic acid
A long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell
Oxford
A city in southern England to the northwest of London
Nature
The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
radiation
Energy that travels in waves or particles
experiment
The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
celluloid
Highly flammable substance made from ___ nitrate and camphor
schematic
Diagram of an electrical or mechanical system
complication
The act or process of ___
replication
The process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
equilibrium
A stable situation in which forces cancel one another
thermodynamics
The branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy
eukaryote
An organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such
prokaryote
A unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei
bacteriophage
A virus that is parasitic in ___
virus
Ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts
hypothesis
A tentative insight into the natural world
cell
Tiniest unit of living things
diffraction
When light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce
microscopy
Research with the use of ___

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