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Established in October 1945 with the objective of eliminating hunger and improving nutrition and standards of living by increasing agricultural productivity, FAO coordinates the efforts of governments and technical agencies in programs for developing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and ...
Refers to the difference between the activity of water molecules in pure distilled water at atmospheric pressure and 30°C (standard conditions), and the activity of water molecules in any other system. The activity of these water molecules may be greater (positive) or less (negative) than the activity of the water molecules under standard conditions.
Industry:Biotechnology
Regenerated plant derived from protoplast culture or a single colony derived from protoplasts in culture.
Industry:Biotechnology
Region in stems and roots consisting of the cambium and its recent derivatives.
Industry:Biotechnology
Regions in the DNA that are highly susceptible to digestion with endonucleases.
Industry:Biotechnology
Regions of antibody chains that have different amino acid sequences in different antibody molecules. These regions are responsible for the antigen-binding specificity of the antibody molecule.
Industry:Biotechnology
Regions of antibody chains that have the same amino acid sequence in different members of a particular class of antibody molecules.
Industry:Biotechnology
Regions of chromosomes that stain darkly even during interphase; thought to be for the most part genetically inactive. <i>cf</i> euchromatin.
Industry:Biotechnology
Relating to or based upon practical experience, trial and error, direct observation or observation alone, without benefit of scientific method, knowledge or theory.
Industry:Biotechnology
Repelling movement of the centromeres of bivalents in the diplotene stage of the meiotic prophase, that tends to move the visible chiasmata toward the ends of the bivalents.
Industry:Biotechnology
