Vocabulary
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Catalan solid; Archimedean dual
common ancestor
haplogroup
Y-chromosome haplogroup
budding yeast (esp. Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
ring species
recurrent laryngeal nerve; recurrent nerve
generation ship (science fiction); interstellar ark
sleeper ship (science fiction)
cryopreservation; freeze-preservation
chilled storage; refrigerated storage
systematics; phylogenetic systematics; systematic taxonomy; systematic biology
symplesiomorphy; ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa
plesiomorphy; ancestral character
embryogenesis; embryogeny; embryonic development
morphogenesis
genetic variation
first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)
habitat
sexual selection
group selection
group selection
gene frequency
evolutionary rate; rate of evolution
fossil species
base substitution
hexagram
fossil record
amino acid sequence
reproductive capability; fertility; fecundity; biotic potential
non-coding RNA
non-coding RNA
primary structure (e.g. of a protein)
start codon; initiation codon
stop codon; termination codon
nuclear genome
frameshift mutation
DNA repair
DNA repair enzyme
sitcom