molecular biology
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3.9
- noun
- /məˈlɛkjələr baɪˈɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
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biología molecular
- Researchers in molecular biology investigate the structure of DNA to understand cellular processes.
- molecular biology and genetics
- information from molecular biology
- cell and molecular biology
And it's because of nucleic acids that we have molecular biology.
- And it's because of nucleic acids that we have molecular biology.
- And what this lab did is it took one of the workhorse organisms of molecular biology.
- I think it gives us some perspective and direction of the areas in molecular biology that should be focused on and should be studied further.
- So, but yeah, I like, I like molecular biology a lot.
- Well, I think that the big thing is, you know, when we think about molecular biology, the, you know what, what is the qualitative way to think about it?
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More recently, his research on integrating molecular biology with mechanical devices for studying cancer has received much attention.
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We also used molecular biology techniques to identify the ESBL genes.
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I think it gives us some perspective and direction of the areas in molecular biology that should be focused on and should be studied further.
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And that, Stent says, made molecular biology what it is today.
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In the 1950s, there were many attempts to apply this notion of information to molecular biology.
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The insights into biological processes derived from these studies are transforming cell and molecular biology.
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Thorn, who ranks first in his class, plans to study molecular biology at Princeton.
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Her research interests encompass molecular biology, nutrition, and developmental biology.
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The Central Dogma of molecular biology is false if it is construed as a universal biological law.
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His main research interest is the pathogenesis and molecular biology of enteric Vibrio spp.
Academic text (2012)
How Specialized
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3.9
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6.2
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3.5
∞
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'molecular' (relating to molecules) + 'biology' (the study of living organisms), yielding a straightforward compound meaning the subfield of biology that focuses on molecules and their role in cells/genetics. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'biología molecular', French 'biologie moléculaire'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's general meaning despite its technical detail.
Etymology
Molecular biology: The name molecular biology comes from molecule (a very small part or 'tiny building block') and biology ('the study of life'). Scientists imagine looking at life with a very small lens to see tiny machines and recipes inside cells, so the field means studying genes and cell parts to understand how living things work.