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Terrapsychology is a word coined by Craig Chalquist to describe deep, systematic, trans-empirical approaches to encountering the presence, soul, or "voice" of places and things: what the ancients knew as their resident genius loci or indwelling spirit. This perspective emerged from sustained ...
A parasite to another parasite. In crabs, pepper spot disease occurs when the flatworms that infect the crab are infected by a parasitic protozoan.
Industry:Biology
Chemical reactions in the absence of oxygen and often initiated by bacteria or archaeans (bacterialike organisms that live in extreme conditions).
Industry:Biology
When one organism lives in another to the benefit of both. Examples of the resulting symbiosis include plastids, mitochondria, and chloroplasts.
Industry:Biology
The ability to control mineral and salt concentration in the blood. Some fish do this to help them move among waters that vary in salinity.
Industry:Biology
Network of tubes and sacs involved with making protein (with ribosomes) and steroids and with storing calcium and glycogen (stored sugar).
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The combination of DNA and the structural proteins (histones) it wraps around in the cell nucleus. Chromosomes are made out of chromatin.
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A list of all known elements (substances whose atoms are all of the same type). Some of the heavier elements only exist in laboratories.
Industry:Biology
The chemical conversion of inorganic compounds found in an autotrophic organism's surroundings into food for it. Compare Photosynthesis.
Industry:Biology
Also known as asphalt or tar. Bitumen is a black, oily, viscous material that is a naturally produced from decomposed organic materials.
Industry:Biology
Pioneer plants which grow, flourish, and die in one season. Their seeds often germinate during the following wet season. See Perennials.
Industry:Biology
