Function of the RNA primer: DNA polymerases need a double-stranded DNA region to which they can attach in order to begin copying the rest of the DNA strand. In order to provide this double-stranded attachment site, RNA primers are added by primase, an RNA polymerase which does not require such an attachment site itself.
Alimony definition, Law. an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending. See more.
Hegemony to the supremacy of one entity above others of the same type is called. It can be applied to various situations with the same meaning: one nation or bloc of Nations can have it, thanks to its greater potential economic, military or political, and which exerts on other stocks, although they do not want it.