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Karyotype is the chromosomal complement of an individual, including the number of chromosomes and any abnormalities. The term is also used to refer to a photograph of an individual's chromosomes.

Kinetic energy is often defined informally as energy of motion. It is defined as the work it would take to get a particle witha mass of m moving with velocity v:
K.E. = 1/2 mv2

Author: Tug Sezen


 

 

 
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