a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air; has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land
miscellaneous curios
a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes
(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
