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  • noun Plural form of nucleotide.

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Examples

  • Let's say that every single one of those nucleotides is functional, and absolutely critical to the plant.

    A Dubious "Opportunity" for IDers 2007

  • I did not state it explicitly because I assumed that you would recognize it, but the claim that the complexity of an organism requires a certain number of functional nucleotides is tied to both to C-values, and ID's claim that most non-coding DNA is functional.

    A Dubious "Opportunity" for IDers 2007

  • I did not state it explicitly because I assumed that you would recognize it, but the claim that the complexity of an organism requires a certain number of functional nucleotides is tied to both to C-values, and ID's claim that most non-coding DNA is functional.

    A Dubious "Opportunity" for IDers 2007

  • Let's say that every single one of those nucleotides is functional, and absolutely critical to the plant.

    A Dubious "Opportunity" for IDers 2007

  • I do not concede that 60, 100, 1000 million nucleotides is not enough to get a human.

    A Dubious "Opportunity" for IDers 2007

  • I do not concede that 60, 100, 1000 million nucleotides is not enough to get a human.

    A Dubious "Opportunity" for IDers 2007

  • The information of aphanumeric symbols, like nucleotides, is sequence dependent and adjustable for the function at hand.

    Dawkins on the OOL 2006

  • It's composed of billions of sub-units called nucleotides, repeated in a long, linear code that contains all of your biological information.

    Out of Africa Wells, Spencer 2007

  • It's composed of billions of sub-units called nucleotides, repeated in a long, linear code that contains all of your biological information.

    Out of Africa Wells, Spencer 2007

  • To make matters even more complicated, the “language” of DNA is expressed in chemicals that are called nucleotides, and the “language” of proteins is expressed in chemical complexes called amino acids.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

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