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The phrase "a strand of a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a single piece or element of something larger, often in a metaphorical or descriptive context.
Example: "In her research, she discovered a strand of a theory that connected various scientific disciplines."
Alternatives: "a thread of a" or "a piece of a".
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But Green points out it would take only a strand of a lover's hair to be able to go off and get a detailed glimpse of your future children.
What if patrol cars had portable minilabs that analyzed DNA so fast that officers, using a strand of a suspect's hair, could determine within minutes whether he was the right, or the wrong, man?
That's an area so tiny that more than 1,000 circuits could fit on the end of a strand of a human hair.
Let π+ denote a strand of a DNA molecule π.
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I was unable to concentrate on the Archers, and thus missed a strand of an important storyline: will Kate go back to South Africa with her black lover and take her first-born child?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02384.001 DNA polymerases are enzymes that copy the genetic material within a cell using a strand of an existing double helix as a template to guide the synthesis of a new DNA strand.
Brodie, meanwhile, is in Yorkshire, stealing a strand of hair from a two-year-old boy.
(For a review of DNA replication click here). The major difference is that instead of making a complementary strand of DNA, a strand of RNA is made.
The whole video frame dimension is comparable to the diameter of a a strand of human hair.
Now I recognized pieces: a corner of a smashed sail, a strand of broken rigging.
Messenger RNA (mRNA) The exons are spliced together into a strand of messenger RNA, a recipe for a specific protein.
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