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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An enzyme that cleaves double-stranded DNA; an endonuclease that recognises specific nucleotide sequences and cleaves DNA at these highly specific locations. In genetic engineering, new genes can be inserted into these gaps .
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Any species of bony fishes in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the sea bass family, Serranidae. Groupers have a typical seabass appearance with robust bodies, large mouths and sharp teeth. Some get to be enormous in size, many feet long and reaching weights.
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In statistics, the mean value calculated for a statistic over an infinite number of samples.
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The concentration of oxygen dissolved in water, expressed in mg/l or as percent saturation, where saturation is the maximum amount of oxygen that can theoretically be dissolved in water at a given temperature and pressure.
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The narrowest portion of a fish's body, located just posterior to the anal fin and just anterior to the caudal fin.
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The spinning of a mixture at very high speeds to separate substances of different densities.
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A large opening through which water flows out of a sponge. Sponges may have more than one osculum.
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A part of the water vascular system of echinoderms. Specifically, a circumoral ring around the esophogus with connecting radial canals each leading to an ambulacrum .It connects to the madreporite via the stone canal; also, the part of the distributive portion of the digestive system of scyphozoan medusae that is located in the margin of the bell. The ring canal communicates with the radial and adradial canals.
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