The inmortal coil

Like I mentioned before, many of the words that Richard Dawkins uses to describe the different types of processes are not very familiar to us. These is a short vocabulary that defines some of these types of words.

VOCABULARY

1. ALLELE: Genes that are rivals fighting for the same slot in the chromosome.

2. MEIOSIS: the division of cells into two new cells, that occurs only in the production of sex cells.

3. MITOSIS: The normal division of cells that occur when the two new cells each one receives a copy of the 46 chromosomes.

4. START SYMBOL: Where the process for meking the protein begins. Sequence of nuclotide lletter starting the sequence.

5. END SYMBOL: The last letter of a sequence in a protein chain.

6. MIMICRY: A phenomenon in wich some species use to survive by imitating a special characteristic of another resistant or superior specie.

7. POINT MUTATION: error misinterpated in a nucleotide or letter printed in a book..