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Courtney Thomson

Courtney Thomson is a science instructor at a virtual public school, where she develops self-paced lessons and lab units for students learning on their own. She spent eight years teaching high school biology in traditional public classrooms before moving to online instruction. Thomson received a bachelor of science in biology and a master of education in secondary education. In addition to her work in remote education, she writes for Biology Insights.

Restriction Enzymes: Types, Mechanisms, and Genetic Engineering Genetics
Do Prokaryotes Have DNA? Forms and Functions Explained Genetics
What Is a Primase? Its Role in DNA Replication Biology
What Are the 3 Stages of DNA Replication?Genetics
What Is the Difference Between tRNA and mRNA?Genetics
What Is the Role of RNA Polymerase in Transcription?Genetics
Is ATP a Nucleic Acid or a Nucleotide?Biology
What Are the RNA Base Pairs and Their Rules?Genetics
How to Read DNA Fragments: A Beginner’s Look at DNA Genetics
Nucleic Acid Monomer: Structure, Function, and Types Genetics
Summarize the Relationship Between DNA, mRNA, and Proteins Genetics
What Is a Polynucleotide? Definition, Structure, and Types Genetics
In What Direction Does Transcription Occur?Genetics
What Is the Role of rRNA in Protein Synthesis?Biology
What Would Be the Result if Protein Synthesis Went Wrong?Biology
What Is the 5′ Cap and Why Does It Matter in Biology?Genetics
What Are Nucleic Acid Polymers and What Is Their Function?Biology
What Is RNA Processing and Why Is It Important?Genetics
Bacteria Can Produce Insulin When Genetically Engineered Genetics
How to Tell If a Nucleotide Is DNA or RNA Genetics
Sense vs. Antisense Strand: What’s the Difference?Genetics
COVID Vaccine in Lettuce: How Plant-Based Vaccines Work Immunity
What Is Transcription and Translation in Biology?Biology
Phosphodiester Bonds: The Backbone of DNA and RNA Genetics
Leading and Lagging Strand: A Detailed Look at DNA Replication Genetics
How Cells Make Proteins and Their Functions Biology
Pyrimidine Bases: Definition, Function, and Types Genetics
Is the N-Terminus the 5′ or 3′ End?Biology
Is the Template Strand Always Read 3′ to 5′?Genetics
Is RNA Less Stable Than DNA? A Biological Explanation Biology