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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Distinct layers of cells, produced during the early embryonic developmental process of gastrulation, which gives rise to all cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems of the organism's body. The three types of germ layers are the ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm. Diploblastic organisms (e.g. Cnidarians) have two layers, ectoderm and endoderm; triploblastic organisms (all higher animal groups) have mesoderm between these two layers.
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In molecular genetics, multiple copies of the same nucleotide base sequences lying in series .
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Refers to the ocean environment landward of the shelf-slope break.
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The lowest point on a submarine ridge or saddle at a relatively shallow depth, separating a basin from an adjacent sea or another basin.
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The section of the water vascular system in echinoderms that connects the ring canal to the madreporite.
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A jelly-like substance formed by the coagulation of a colloidal liquid; a cytoplasmic phase.
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A normal cellular process involving a genetically programmed series of events leading to the death of a cell.
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A situation in which species occupy the same habitat without competition, either through requiring different resources or being present at different times.
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