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Leroy Hood, an Uncommon card
Leroy "Lee" Edward Hood is an American biologist who has served on the faculties at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Washington.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Leroy Hood quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Leroy Hood card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ DNA sequencer was an enabling technology for the Human Genome Project.
Answer
automated. The automated DNA sequencer was an enabling technology for the Human Genome Project. From the Leroy Hood article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cell culture. Cell culture 87 · Leroy Hood 82 · Wessex Formation 79 · Robert J. Van de Graaff 75 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Cell culture. Cell culture 30,000 · Al-Battani 22,000 · Leroy Hood 17,000 · William Oughtred 9,800 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- His inventions include the first gas phase protein sequencer, for determining the sequence of amino acids in a given protein, a DNA synthesizer, to synthesize short sections of DNA, a peptide synthesizer, to combine amino acids into longer peptides and short proteins, the first automated DNA sequencer, to identify the order of nucleotides in DNA, ink-jet oligonucleotide technology for…
- The protein sequencer, DNA synthesizer, peptide synthesizer, and DNA sequencer were commercialized through Applied Biosystems, Inc. and the ink-jet technology was commercialized through Agilent Technologies.
- The automated DNA sequencer was an enabling technology for the Human Genome Project.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Leroy Hood article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Leroy Hood
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Leroy Hood (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Photo by Robin Layton, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
