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- 00:43, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+120) . . Trp operon (current)
- 00:42, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+153) . . Translation
- 00:41, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+289) . . N Transfer RNA (tRNA) (Created page with "Short-chain RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach the correct amino acid to the p...") (current)
- 00:41, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+191) . . Transcription
- 00:40, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+142) . . Symbiosis (current)
- 00:40, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+165) . . Stop codon (current)
- 00:39, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . Start codon (current)
- 00:38, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+85) . . RNA polymerase
- 00:37, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
- 00:36, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+72) . . N Population Size (Created page with "The number of individuals of a species occupying an area at a given time") (current)
- 00:35, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+79) . . N Population Dispersion (Created page with "The spacing and pattern of individuals within the boundaries of the population.") (current)
- 00:35, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+72) . . N Population Density (Created page with "The number of individuals of the same species per unit of area or volume") (current)
- 00:34, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+171) . . Population (current)
- 00:34, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+107) . . Parasitism (current)
- 00:33, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+150) . . N Nucleotides (Created page with "The basic building block of nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA. It is an organic compound made up of nitrogenous base, a sugar, and a phosphate group.") (current)
- 00:32, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+81) . . N Messenger RNA (mRNA) (Created page with "A type of RNA that carries the code or chemical blueprint for a specific protein.")
- 00:32, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+43) . . N Limiting Factor (Created page with "Essential resource that is short in supply.") (current)
- 00:31, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+153) . . N Logistic Growth (Created page with "The pattern of population growth where a population increases until they level off as the size of the population approaches carrying capacity. "S" Curve.") (current)
- 00:31, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+106) . . N Lac operon (Created page with "A group of adjacent and coordinately controlled genes concerned with the metabolism of lactose in E. Coli.")
- 00:31, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+95) . . N Geometric Growth (Created page with "A pattern of population growth where organisms reproduce at a constant rate at fixed intervals.") (current)
- 00:30, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+60) . . N Fecundity (Created page with "Reproductive potential for an individual over their lifetime") (current)
- 00:29, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . N Exponential Growth (Created page with "The pattern of population growth where organisms reproduce continuously at a constant rate.") (current)
- 00:29, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+96) . . N Environmental Resistance (Created page with "Any factor which constrains a population's biotic potential when it nears its carrying capacity.") (current)
- 00:28, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+84) . . N Ecological Density (Created page with "The number of individuals of the same species per unit area used by the individuals.") (current)
- 00:28, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . N Dynamic Equilibrium (Created page with "State of constant population size as the number of births is equal to the number of deaths.") (current)
- 00:28, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+111) . . Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
- 00:27, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+73) . . N Density Independent Factor (Created page with "Factors that affect a population regardless as to the population density.") (current)
- 00:24, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . N Density Dependent Factor (Created page with "Factors which influence population regulation whose impact has a great affect if the population density increases or decreases.") (current)
- 00:23, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+69) . . N Crude Density (Created page with "The number of organisms of the same species within the entire habitat")
- 00:23, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+95) . . Competition (current)
- 00:22, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+227) . . Codon
- 00:21, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+106) . . N Carrying Capacity (K) (Created page with "Maximum number of individuals that can be supported by the available resources over a given amount of time") (current)
- 00:21, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+68) . . N Biotic Potential (Created page with "Maximum rate a population can increase under ideal living conditions") (current)
- 00:20, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+110) . . N Amino Acid (Created page with "The building block of protein in which each is coded for by a codon and linked together through peptide bonds.") (current)
- 00:20, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+162) . . N Allee Effect (Created page with "Density-dependent phenomenon that occurs when population cannot survive or doesn't produce enough offspring to offset mortality once population density is too low") (current)
- 00:15, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+92) . . N DNA Polymerase III (Created page with "The enzyme responsible for synthesizing complementary strands of DNA during DNA replication.") (current)
- 00:15, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . N DNA Polymerase I (Created page with "An enzyme that removes RNA primers and replaces them with the appropriate deoxyribonucleotides during DNA replication.") (current)
- 00:14, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . N DNA Gyrase (Created page with "The bacterial enzyme that relieves the tension produced by the unwinding of DNA during replication.") (current)
- 00:14, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+52) . . N Single stranded binding proteins (Created page with "A protein that keeps separated strands of DNA apart.") (current)
- 00:13, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . N Meselson-Stahl Experiment (Created page with "Meselson and Stahl’s experiment indicated that DNA replicates semiconservatively, confirming Watson and Crick’s hypothesis.") (current)
- 00:08, 4 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . N Phosphodiester bonds (Created page with "Refers to a double linkage (two phosphoester bonds) that holds together adjacent nucleotides in DNA and RNA strands.") (current)
- 23:37, 3 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+219) . . N Complementary base pairing (Created page with "In DNA, adenine always hydrogen-bonds to thymine and guanine always hydrogen-bonds to cytosine. You can predict the sequence in one DNA strand if you know the sequence in the opp...") (current)
- 23:37, 3 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+52) . . N Nanometer (Created page with "A unit of measure equal to one billionth of a meter.") (current)
- 23:36, 3 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+149) . . N X-Ray Diffraction Analysis (Created page with "X-ray diffraction is a technique used to solve the complete structure of crystalline materials - useful for determining the arrangement of the atoms.") (current)
- 23:34, 3 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+113) . . N Chargaff's rules (Created page with "The percentage of adenine is equal to that of thymine and the percentage of guanine is equal to that of cytosine.")
- 23:34, 3 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+38) . . N Cytosine (Created page with "A pyriminde base found in DNA and RNA.") (current)
- 23:30, 3 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+137) . . DNA