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The Search for Life's Origins Progress and Future Directions in Planetary Biology and Chemical Evolution (1990) / Chapter Skim
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Glossary
Pages 135-138

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... codon: Triplet code of bases in DNA specifying an amino acid in protein synthesis. COMPLEX: Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration.
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From page 136...
... heterocyclic organic polymers: Compounds consisting of monomeric units of organic ring molecules in which not all atoms in the rings are alike. heterotroph: Organism requiring organic compounds as food source.
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... oligonucleotide: Short chain of nucleic acid monomers. Oligopeptide: Short chain of amino acids.
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... translation: Process by which DNA code specifies sequencing of amino acids. tRNA: Transfer RNA; combines with specific amino acid in protein synthesis.
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Key Terms

  • ribonucleic acid
  • space observatory
  • infrared space
  • nucleic acid
  • transfer rna

  • amino acids
  • telescope facility
  • short chain
  • true nucleus
  • electromagnetic spectrum

  • amino acid
  • carbon monoxide
  • species based
  • national radio
  • coenzyme involved

  • imaging michelson
  • multichannel astrometic
  • organic base
  • flyby mission
  • triplet code

  • astronomy observatory
  • physiological behavior
  • code specifies
  • organism requiring
  • monomeric units

  • biological species
  • radio astronomy
  • nonpolar molecules
  • michelson spectrometer
  • weak attractive


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