Nirenberg and Matthaei therefore concluded that the triplet codon UUU encodes phenylalanine, poly(C) proline (polyproline), polyadenylate, poly(A), encodes polylysine.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Lack of environmental constraints hypothesis suggests preadaptation of some invaders to existing environmental conditions.

With few limitations to many abiotic environments, these invaders can grow quickly and outcompete native species

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#Unit 12. Applied Biology

The first commercial Bt cotton variety was released in USA by Monsanto (Bollgard), which contains Cry 1Ac gene of Bacillus thuringiensis. (first generation Bt-cotton)

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

PthXo1, a TAL effector of the rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae, activates expression of the rice gene Os8N3, allowing Xanthomonas to colonize rice plants.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Invertebrates generally have fairly high production efficiencies  (about 10–50%) than vertebrate. Ectotherms, typically have production efficiencies of around 10%, and birds and mammals, which are endotherms, have production efficiencies in the range of 1–2%.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

MYC-MAX dimers regulate genes that control proliferation, such as cyclins.