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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The phases of the cell cycle known as G1 and G2, during which relatively less obvious cellular activity is visible.
Industry:Natural environment
The tendency of object to float or sink when placed in a liquid. Positively buoyant objects float, negatively buoyant objects sink, and neutrally buoyant objects stay in place.
Industry:Natural environment
The Hawaiian Archipelago consists of eight large islands and 124 small islands, reefs, and shoals. It stretches for over 2,400 km from 19 degrees - 28 degrees N to 155 degrees -178 degrees E. It can be divided into two distinct regions: the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), primarily uninhabited atolls, islands, and banks accounting for the majority of U.S. reefs, and the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) largely made up of populated, high, volcanic islands with non-structural reef communities, fringing reefs, and two barrier reefs.
Industry:Natural environment
A cell type which forms the surface layer (pinacoderm or epidermis) of a sponge. Pinacocytes are capable of synthesising collagen .
Industry:Natural environment
A male which does not change sex and is the principal spawner.
Industry:Natural environment
A stable suspension of particles that, though larger than in a true solution, do not settle out.
Industry:Natural environment
A virus that contains the enzyme, reverse transcriptase. This enzyme converts the viral RNA into double-stranded DNA copies of their genome, (by using reverse transcription), which can combine with the DNA of the host cell and produce more viral particles. Many naturally occurring cancers of vertebrates are caused by retroviruses.
Industry:Natural environment
Biological studies at the extremely small to molecular levels. Many fundamental biological functions are carried out at the level of molecular machineries that have the sizes of 1-100 nm. The emergence of nanobiology allowed understanding of the functions of these machineries, with the invention of nano- technology, e.g., scanning probe microscopy, modern optical techniques, and micro- manipulating techniques .
Industry:Natural environment
Having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water -.
Industry:Natural environment
