background

English translation: DNA characterized by the same background base frequencies

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English term or phrase:background DNA
Selected answer:DNA characterized by the same background base frequencies
Entered by: Ildiko Santana

05:04 May 21, 2010
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Science - Genetics / molecular ecology
English term or phrase: background
by this time copies of the traget region will vastly outnumber any background non-amplified DNA and the final product can be characterized in one of several different ways.

el contexto es sobre la reaccion en cadena polimerasa (PCR)
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background base frequencies
Explanation:
I believe "background DNA" refers to DNA characterized by the same background base frequencies, which define the sequence motifs, i.e. the short, recurring patterns in DNA.
> See article by Patrik D’haeseleerch, "What are DNA sequence motifs?"
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4 +2background base frequencies
Ildiko Santana
4 +1background
Constantinos Faridis (X)
3 +1DNA common to all samples
Gary D


  

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background


Explanation:

back·ground
   /ˈbækˌgraʊnd/ Show Spelled[bak-ground] Show IPA
–noun
1.
the ground or parts, as of a scene, situated in the rear (opposed to foreground).
2.
Fine Arts.
a.
the part of a painted or carved surface against which represented objects and forms are perceived or depicted: a portrait against a purple background.
b.
the part of an image represented as being at maximum distance from the frontal plane.
3.
one's origin, education, experience, etc., in relation to one's present character, status, etc.
4.
the social, historical, and other antecedents or causes of an event or condition: the background of the war.
5.
the complex of physical, cultural, and psychological factors that serves as the environment of an event or experience; the set of conditions against which an occurrence is perceived.
6.
Physics. the totality of effects that tend to obscure a phenomenon under investigation and above which the phenomenon must be detected.
7.
Telecommunications. (in an electronic device for transmitting or receiving signals) the sum of the effects, as noise or random signals, from which a phenomenon must differentiate itself in character or degree in order to be detected.
–adjective
8.
of, pertaining to, or serving as a background: background noise.
–verb (used with object)
9.
to supply a background to: The passenger's idle thoughts were backgrounded by the drone of the plane's engines.
10.
to supply a background of information for: To background themselves, reporters dug through all available files on the case.
—Idiom
11.
in/intothe background, unobtrusive; inconspicuous; out of sight or notice; in or into obscurity: He kept his dishonest dealings in the background.
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Origin:
1665–75; back1 + ground1

—Synonyms
4. environment, circumstances, upbringing, milieu, element, sphere, medium.

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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.

Constantinos Faridis (X)
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Local time: 23:54
Native speaker of: Greek

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolf Keiser: that's quite a selection!
3 hrs

neutral  Tina Vonhof (X): None of it pertains to genetics.
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DNA common to all samples


Explanation:
The background DNA is DNA which is common to all samples, for instance Background DNA (Key Ingredient to all the species) for a tree may be the taproot DNA and the leaf DNA.

In a Human it will be white and red blood cells, or something like this..

In cake the background core product key ingredient would be selfraising flour

Gary D
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agree  Catharine Cellier-Smart
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background base frequencies


Explanation:
I believe "background DNA" refers to DNA characterized by the same background base frequencies, which define the sequence motifs, i.e. the short, recurring patterns in DNA.
> See article by Patrik D’haeseleerch, "What are DNA sequence motifs?"


    Reference: http://www2.ccr.buffalo.edu/halfon/courses/Nutrigenomics/pdf...
Ildiko Santana
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Local time: 13:54
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Asker: is there any translation in spanish for background?


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agree  Gary D: yours may be a better defination then mine, "reoccuring frequencies"
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agree  Phong Le
1 day 17 hrs
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