organism
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The study highlights the importance of yeast as a model organism and points to RNP condensates as a critical survival mechanism.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
Grace is sent into space on a one-way mission to stop the spread of an energy-consuming organism called Astrophage, which threatens to create a new Ice Age on Earth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The Brunet lab has played a leading role in establishing the killifish as a model organism.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
She added that the drugs did not provide effective coverage against a Gram-positive organism, which was the most likely pathogen causing the infection.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
When that organism generated sperm or eggs, the alleles were split up again—one was passed to the sperm, and one to the egg, only to become combined in the next generation.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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