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Spectroscopic technique that deals with the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Used during the characterisation of molecules. A method of analysis that involves the absorption of infrared energy by the sample. The molecules that absorb the infrared energy are in an excited, vibrational state and the wavelengths of the various vibrations reveal structural details of the given molecules.
Scientific & EducationalAn insertion sequence is a short DNA sequence that acts as a simple transposable element. Insertion sequences have two major characteristics: they are small relative to other transposable elements (generally around 700 to 2500 bp in length) and only code for proteins implicated in the transposition activity.
Scientific & EducationalA clay produced by the chemical weathering of granite through hydrolysis.
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