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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Parthenogenetic production of females from unfertilized eggs; reproduction that is exclusively female with no male contribution to the young.
Industry:Natural environment
Speciation without geographical separation through the acquisition of different breeding seasons or behaviour patterns.
Industry:Natural environment
The embryonic stage of an animal that has cells differentiated into germ layers. Sequentially, It follows the blastula stage.
Industry:Natural environment
The precipitation of sulfuric acid and other acids as rain. The acids form when sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides released during the combustion of fossil fuels combine with water and oxygen in the atmosphere.
Industry:Natural environment
The total characteristics of an individual, i.e., its appearance, resulting from interaction between its genotype (genetic constitution) and its environment.
Industry:Natural environment
The NOAA agency that operates and manages the U.S. civilian weather satellites and the national environmental data centers, such as the National Oceanographic Data centre (NODC), the National Climatic Data centre (NCDC), and the National Geophysical Data centre (NGDC).
Industry:Natural environment
A chemical bond between the sulphur atoms of two different amino acids in a protein.
Industry:Natural environment
A material that cannot be broken into simpler chemicals by living organismss.
Industry:Natural environment
A protein complex combining amino acids with other substances.
Industry:Natural environment
A statistical test used to compare observed data with data expected to be obtained according to a specific null hypothesis. The chi-square tests the null hypothesis which states that there is no significant difference between the expected and observed result.
Industry:Natural environment
