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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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
In taxonomy, each of two or more identical but independently proposed names for the same or different taxa. A junior homonym is the later published of two homonyms. A senior homonym is the earlier published of two homonyms.
Industry:Natural environment
One of two or more species of atoms of the same chemical element that have the same atomic number and occupy the same position in the periodic table. They are nearly identical in chemical behavior, but they differ in atomic mass or mass number. Therefore, they behave differently in the mass spectrograph, in radioactive transformations, and in physical properties, and may be separated or detected by means of these differences.
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