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breakdown(genetic biology) |
- Grammar: noun
- Definition: decomposition or separation into parts or elements. In biology this usually refers to the chemical decomposition of a compound.
- Example:
1. Monosaccharides can be produced by enzymes or by the enzymatic breakdown of food.
2. During photosynthesis lost electrons are replaced from breakdown of water into oxygen and hydrogen inside the thylakoid membrane.
- Search history: breakdown <- Gene <- polysaccharide <- asexual
