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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Any of numerous chiefly tropical, brightly coloured marine eels of the family Muraenidae that commonly inhabit coral reefs.
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DNA molecule originating from a virus, a plasmid, or the cell of a higher organism into which another DNA fragment of appropriate size can be integrated without loss of the vector's capacity for self-replication; vectors introduce foreign DNA into host cells, where the DNA can be reproduced in large quantities. Examples are plasmids, cosmids, and yeast artificial chromosomes; vectors are often recombinant molecules containing DNA sequences from several sources.
Industry:Natural environment
In probability, an event is an occurrence or the possibility of an occurrence that is being investigated.
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Refers to water bodies with low concentrations of nutrients.
Industry:Natural environment
The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) inhabits the Galapagos Island, an archipelago on the Equator, 800 kilometres west of the Ecuadorian coast. It differs from the mainland iguanas by the shape of the snout and other morphological features. The species probably rafted to the islands many millions of years ago, and developed a new ecological niche.They feed almost exclusively on marine algae and seaweed in the intertidal zone, and some make shallow dives past the breaker zone.
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The set of all RNA molecules, including messenger RNA (mrna), ribosomal RNA (rrna), transfer RNA (trna), and non-coding RNA produced in one or a population of cells; a collection of all the transcripts present in a given cell .
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Variation in DNA sequence between individuals that is detectable by variation in the length of DNA fragments generated by digestion with restriction endonucleases.
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A database management system with the ability to access data organised in tabular files that can be related to each other by a common field (item). An RDBMS has the capability to recombine the data items from different files, providing powerful tools for data usage.
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A large barrel-shaped colony of colonial pelagic tunicates belonging to the genus Pyrosoma. The colony propels itself through the water by means of cilia that pump water through the individual tunicates. It responds to mechanical, chemical, and light stimuli by moving and by spectacular blue-green bioluminescent displays.
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A nutrient, such as iron, copper, or zinc, that is required in very small amounts by plants in order to photosynthesize and thrive.
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