- Industry: Government
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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Reproduction or duplication; in genetics, the synthesis of duplex (double-stranded) DNA by copying from a single-stranded template, i.e., the synthesis of an informationally identical macromolecule from a template molecule.
Industry:Natural environment
The coating protein that encloses the nucleic acid core of a viral particle; the capsid.
Industry:Natural environment
The molecular force of attraction between two unlike materials that acts to hold them together.
Industry:Natural environment
The smallest component of an element, made up of neutrons, protons, and electrons.
Industry:Natural environment
A body plan in some cnidarians that has two planes of symmetry rather than the several planes of a radially symmetrical animal, or the single plane of a bilaterally symmetrical one. Both planes of symmetry are longitudinal and are at right angles to each other. Both include the aboral-oral axis, which is the axis of symmetry.
Industry:Natural environment
A line of specified length (transect) laid out within a study site. Measurements and observations may be taken at specified intervals (points) along the line.
Industry:Natural environment
A plan for restoration of an endangered species through protection, habitat management, captive breeding, disease control, or other techniques that increase populations and encourage survival.
Industry:Natural environment
A type of hydrocarbon, such as benzene or toluene, with a specific type of ring structure.
Industry:Natural environment
An examination and dissection of a body of a dead organism in order to determine the cause of death or changes produced by disease.
Industry:Natural environment
Fine-grained carbonate-rich mud; a calcareous clay which contains approximately 30 to 65 percent calcium carbonate.
Industry:Natural environment
