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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A regular pattern of DNA fragments, or oligonucleotides, spotted onto a solid support and used as a diagnostic tool to measure many individual gene expression levels simultaneously.
Industry:Natural environment
A substance which contains nutrients and a favorable environment for the in vitro growth of microorganisms and cells.
Industry:Natural environment
All the processes by which nutrients are transferred from one organism to another. For instance, the carbon cycle includes uptake of carbon dioxide by plants, ingestion by animals, and respiration and decay of the animal.
Industry:Natural environment
An organism that cannot manufacture its own food, and therefore requires external sources of energy.
Industry:Natural environment
Cloudy water, usually caused by the suspension of fine particles in the water column. The particles may be inorganic, such as silt, or organic, such as high densities of single-celled organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
In animal behavior, the position an animal holds in a social group of the same species.
Industry:Natural environment
Inheritance of measurable traits (height, weight, color intensity, etc.) That depend on the cumulative action of many genes.
Industry:Natural environment
Pertaining to the tail; denoting a position more toward the tail of an animal, e.g., the tail fin of a fish is called the caudal fin. Caudal vertebrae are the vertebrae which extend into the tail of an animal.
Industry:Natural environment
Teeth implanted in the side of a bone, e.g. In parrotfishes and triggerfishes.
Industry:Natural environment
The final excretory organ that develops in a vertebrate embryo. In birds, reptiles, and mammals it replaces the mesonephros as the functional excretory organ, and develops into the adult kidney.
Industry:Natural environment
