Describe the Workings of an Optical Microscope, Also Called a Light

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Essay

Describe the workings of an optical microscope, also called a light microscope.

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Definitions:

Gene

A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

Enzyme

Biological molecules that significantly speed up the rate of virtually all of the chemical reactions that take place within cells.

Protein

Large, complex molecules made up of amino acids that perform a wide range of functions in the body, including structural support, catalyzing metabolic reactions, and immune response.

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that conveys genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where it specifies the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression.