14
Overview page. Subjects: Genetics and Genomics.
C a radioactive isotope of normal carbon (12C) emitting a weak beta particle. The half-life of 14C is 5,700 years. This radioisotope is extensively used as a tracer in molecular biology.
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in A Dictionary of Genetics
January 2007; p ublished online January 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Genetics and Genomics. 32 words.
C a radioactive isotope of normal carbon (12C) emitting a weak beta particle. The half-life of 14C
a
in A Dictionary of Ecology
January 2010; p ublished online January 2010 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Ecology and Conservation. 12 words.
The usual abbreviation for *year (from the Latin annus, meaning year).
a
Overview page. Subjects: Ecology and Conservation.
The usual abbreviation for year (from the Latin annus, meaning year).
A
in A Dictionary of Genetics
January 2007; p ublished online January 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Genetics and Genomics. 18 words.
1. mass number of an atom; 2. haploid set of autosomes; 3. ampere; 4. adenine or adenosine.
Å
in A Dictionary of Genetics
January 2007; p ublished online January 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Genetics and Genomics. 4 words.
Angstrom unit (q.v.).
a
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Biochemistry. 18 words.
1 abbr. for adsorbed.
2 symbol for atto+ (SI prefix denoting 10−18).
3 axial.
4 year.
a
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Biochemistry. 32 words.
symbol for
1 absorption coefficient.
2 acceleration (in vector equations it is printed in bold italic ( a ).
3
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in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Biochemistry. 46 words.
symbol for
1 acid‐catalysed (of a reaction mechanism).
2 a residue of the α‐amino acid l‐alanine (alternative to
A
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Biochemistry. 18 words.
symbol for
1 absorbance.
2 activity (def. 2).
3 affinity.
4 Helmholtz function.
5 mass number/nucleon number.
2′‐5′A
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Biochemistry. 71 words.
symbol for any member of a series of oligonucleotides of the general formula p a A[2′p5′A] n , where p
Å
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Biochemistry. 11 words.
symbol for ångström (unit of length equal to 10−10 m).
A
Overview page. Subjects: Genetics and Genomics.
1. mass number of an atom; 2. haploid set of autosomes; 3. ampere; 4. adenine or adenosine.
A
in A Dictionary of Genetics
January 2013; p ublished online January 2014 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Genetics and Genomics. 18 words.
1. mass number of an atom.
2. haploid set of autosomes.
3. ampere.
4. adenine or adenosine.
Å
in A Dictionary of Genetics
January 2013; p ublished online January 2014 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Genetics and Genomics. 4 words.
Angstrom unit (q.v.).
a
in A Dictionary of Ecology
P ublished online September 2015 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Ecology and Conservation. 13 words.
The usual abbreviation for *year (from the Latin annus, meaning year).
(A + T)/(G + C) ratio
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Biochemistry. 50 words.
the ratio of the sum of the adenine plus thymine bases to the sum of the guanine plus cytosine bases
(A + T)/(G + C) ratio
in A Dictionary of Genetics
January 2013; p ublished online January 2014 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Genetics and Genomics. 25 words.
the ratio between the number of adenine-thymine pairs and the number of guanine-cytosine pairs in a given DNA sample.
A “Developmental Hourglass” in Fungi
in Molecular Biology and Evolution
June 2015; p ublished online March 2015 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Evolutionary Biology; Molecular and Cell Biology. 6303 words.
The “developmental hourglass” concept suggests that intermediate developmental stages are most resistant to evolutionary changes and that differences between species arise through...
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A “Fundamental Theorem” of Biomedical Informatics
in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
March 2009; p ublished online March 2009 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Medical Statistics and Methodology; Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Biomathematics and Statistics. 1079 words.
Abstract
This paper proposes, in words and pictures, a “fundamental theorem” to help clarify what informatics is and what it is not. In words, the theorem...
