[Revised entry by Tudor Baetu, Monika Piotrowska, and James Tabery on February 20, 2024.
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The field of molecular biology studies macromolecules and the macromolecular mechanisms found in living things, such as the molecular nature of the gene and its mechanisms of gene replication, mutation, and expression. Given the fundamental importance of a mechanistic and macromolecular mode of explanation in many biological disciplines, the widespread reliance on molecular techniques such as gel electrophoresis, sequencing, and PCR, as well as the involvement of molecular biology in recent technological breakthroughs such as…
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