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Katie McGrath as Morgana Pendragon in BBC Merlin sits writing right handedly in a book with a quill, her other hand resting fingertips down on the table. She glances up from her writing and turns her face toward whoever is interrupting her. Her long brown hair is half pulled back, waves cascading over her gown in front. She wears a dark sheer robe with black lace trim at the end of its long sleeves, partially covering her hands. A bowl of pears, apples and grapes sits on the table beside a horn cup and a pillar candle holder with a thick white candle atop it.
Alt: Katie McGrath as Morgana Pendragon in BBC Merlin sits writing right handedly in a book with a quill, her other hand resting fingertips down on the table. She glances up from her writing and turns her face toward whoever is interrupting her. Her long brown hair is half pulled back, waves cascading over her gown in front. She wears a dark sheer robe with black lace trim at the end of its long sleeves, partially covering her hands. A bowl of pears, apples and grapes sits on the table beside a horn cup and a pillar candle holder with a thick white candle atop it.
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~ Genes and proteins
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• Smaug, a protein that inhibits translation of mRNA nanos (Greek for dwarf) in Drosophila embryos. Named after the dragon Smaug from The Hobbit. 42]
• Glorund, a protein that inhibits translation of mRNA nanos in Drosophila ovaries. Named after Glórund, an early name for Glaurung, the first dragon in Tolkien's legendarium. 42]
• Bard, a gene in Drosophila that encodes the protein Bard, which is essential in degrading the protein Smaug. Named after Bard the Bowman, who killed Smaug in The Hobbit. 43]
• Gimli, Gloin and Legolas, retrotransposon elements in the Arabidopsis thaliana plant.
Named after two dwarves and an elf. 44]
• Galadriel, a retrotransposon from Lycopersicon esculentum. Named after the elf. 44]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lldnefftwlslxv2z7kirghih/bafkreigjfqlyknoaps3utrc7e4vhp6brbtgfgda2lun6gmjxs6g36gwcku)
