Vocabulary

evolutionary rate; rate of evolution

fossil species

living fossil

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

refrigerator; refrigerating equipment; freezer

virtual world

high definition

terraforming

axial tilt; obliquity

substitution cipher

transposition cipher

scytale (tool for performing a transposition cipher)

high-definition; high-resolution

biological diversity; biodiversity

all-purpose knife (e.g. Swiss Army knife); utility knife

inbred line; inbred strain

to be transmitted; to be conveyed; to be leaked; to be passed along

inferiority; weakness

interspecific hybrid

juvenile hormone

blastogenesis

metabolite

last and first days of the month

recurrent nerve paralysis

to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage

forced reduction of a daimyo's land by the Edo Shogunate; curtailment of a daimyo's domain