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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.

What Is Transfer RNA and What Does It Do?
What Are the Base Pairs for RNA and How Do They Function?
What Happens to mRNA After It Completes Transcription?
What Is a Replication Fork in DNA Replication?
Codon vs. Anticodon: What’s the Difference in Biology?
Is DNA or RNA More Stable? And Why Does It Matter?
DNA Replication Steps: Initiation, Elongation & Termination
What Are the Two Types of Nucleic Acids?
DNA Replication Errors: Causes and Consequences
What Is Gene Splicing and How Does It Work?
Does Transcription Require a Primer?
What Are the Three Steps of Transcription?
Is a Primer Required for Transcription?
What Is the Role of DNA in Protein Synthesis?
How Does RNA Polymerase Know Where to Start Transcribing a Gene?
What Is a Reverse Complement in DNA?
What Is a Phosphodiester Bond in DNA and RNA?
What Are the Roles of mRNA and tRNA in Protein Synthesis?
How to Use a Codon Table to Translate mRNA
What Is the Smallest Type of RNA?
Can RNA Turn Into DNA? The Process Explained
What Is the Difference Between RNA and DNA?
Where Is the Start Codon Located on mRNA?
What Is DNA Proofreading and How Does It Work?
Can DNA Be Fabricated? The Science of Synthetic DNA
What Would Happen If There Was No RNA?
How to Cut DNA: From Restriction Enzymes to CRISPR
What Is the Role of Restriction Enzymes in Studying the Human Genome?
What Begins the Process of Transcription?
Where Is DNA Found Inside a Cell?