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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An unusual form of cell division in which the nucleus cleaves without change in its component structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm. Amitosis may occur chiefly in highly specialised cells which are incapable of long-continued multiplication, in transitory structures, and in early stages of degeneration.
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In fishes, a spine projecting from the operculum (gill cover).
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The angular distance between an imaginary line around the Earth, or any spherical body, parallel to its equator and the equator itself; an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator .
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The internal digestive cavity of cnidarians and ctenophores that is lined with the gastrodermis.
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Transferring data (usually a file) from the computer you are using to another computer. The opposite of "download".
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A condition or process that affects the body as a whole, not localised to one area or system.
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A group of organisms descended from a common ancestor.
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A multivariate statistical technique for solving classification problems. The object is to sort items into groups such that the degree of association is strong between members of the same cluster and weak between members of different clusters.
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