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Bruce Ames, a Common card
Bruce Nathan Ames was an American biochemist who was a professor of biochemistry and Molecular Biology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a senior scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,500
Power 97 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Bruce Ames quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bruce Ames card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Ames made contributions to understanding the mechanisms of ______ and DNA repair.
Answer
mutagenesis. Ames made contributions to understanding the mechanisms of mutagenesis and DNA repair. From the Bruce Ames article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dmitry Likhachev. Dmitry Likhachev 65 · Bruce Ames 61 · Vitamin K antagonist 58 · Lilith 55 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Ames made contributions to understanding the mechanisms of mutagenesis and DNA repair.
- He invented the Ames test, a widely used assay for easily and cheaply evaluating the mutagenicity of compounds.
- The test revolutionized the field of toxicology and has played a crucial role in identifying numerous environmental and industrial carcinogens.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bruce Ames article was read about 7,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Bruce Ames
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bruce Ames (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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