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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene .
Industry:Natural environment
A micro-food chain that works within (or along side) the classical food chain. In the microbial loop the smallest organisms, the heterotrophic bacteria and pico-plankton, use dissolved inorganic material directly as carbon and energy sources. These organi.
Industry:Natural environment
A reproductive cell capable of dividing by meiosis to produce gametes, e.g., a spermatocyte or oocyte.
Industry:Natural environment
A supportive or protective structure or framework of an animal, a plant, or part of an animal or plant. In animals it is an external (exoskeleton) or internal (endoskeleton) support structure, against which the force of muscles acts. Vertebrates have a skeleton of bone or cartilage; arthropods have one made of chitin; corals have one of calcium carbonate: sponges have a mass of spicules; many other invertebrates use a hydrostatic skeleton, which is an incompressible fluid-filled region of their body. In plants, the skeleton may be a rigid protective covering, as in the shell of a diatom, or the vascular system of a vascular plant.
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An abnormal passage between two organs or between an organ and the outside of the body. Fistulae are caused by ulceration, congenital malformation, or when damaged tissues come into contact with each other and join together while healing.
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In botanical nomenclature, "division" is used instead of "phylum", and is equal in taxonomic status to the phylum.
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Pertains to animals with a well developed olfactory (smell) sense.
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That portion of a gene which directly specifies the amino acid sequence of its protein product.
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