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Structural formula for an amino acid. (Copyright © McGraw Hill)
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The 20 amino acids that serve as the building blocks for proteins. These amino acids (shown with their respective three-letter abbreviations) can be divided into nonpolar, polar, and electrically charged groups. (Copyright © McGraw Hill)
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Synthesis of a dipeptide. When an amino group of one amino acid is linked to the carboxyl group of another amino acid, a peptide bond linkage is formed. A molecule of water (H2O) is split out when a peptide bond is formed. (Copyright © McGraw Hill)
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Two-dimensional chromatogram of a protein. (Credit: R. J. Block, E. L. Durrum, and G. Zweig)
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Shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus). (Photo by Konrad Schmidt)
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Spindle transfer involves the excision of the metaphase II spindle from a donor egg and replacing it with the metaphase II spindle from the affected egg. The metaphase II spindle contains the condensed chromosomes of the egg's haploid genome. Terms:…
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Cytoplasmic transplantation involves the addition of a donor's ooplasm (cytoplasm in an oocyte) to the recipient oocyte prior to fertilization. Terms: ICSI, intracytoplasmic sperm injection; mtDNA, mitochondrial DNA; nDNA, nuclear DNA. (Credit:…
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Pronuclear transfer requires that both the donor and affected eggs be fertilized by the father's sperm simultaneously in vitro. Following fertilization and once pronuclei are visible by microscopy, the two pronuclei from the donor egg are removed,…
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A view of the night sky from Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The bright star at top left is Sirius, the brightest star other than the Sun as seen from Earth. The bright star at right is Canopus, which happens to be the second brightest…
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Looking toward the core of Milky Way, along a line of sight holding millions of stars in the disk of the Galaxy and obscuring dark bands of dust. (Credit: NASA)
