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formation

[fawr-mey-shuhn] / fɔrˈmeɪ ʃən /


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Computer simulations that applied realistic forces and torques confirmed this behavior and showed that plectoneme formation depends on DNA's ability to transmit twist along its length.

From Science Daily

Future therapies could aim to block the TGF-β1 signal or prevent the formation of these harmful cell partnerships.

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It also affects seawater chemistry and contributes to the formation of sediments that scientists use to study past climates.

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That year, he took to Iranian television to unveil “missile cities”—vast formations of ready-to-launch rockets buried deep under mountains.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thomas Quarry I sits within the raised coastal formations of the Rabat-Casablanca littoral, an area internationally recognized for its remarkably complete record of Plio-Pleistocene shorelines, dunes, and cave systems.

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