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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
In animal behavior, the subordinate or second animal in a social group.
Industry:Natural environment
Inheritance via genes found in cytoplasmic organelles, e.g., mitochondria, rather than the nuclear genes; inheritance via the maternal lineage; extrachromosomal inheritance.
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Telecommunications infrastructure that transfers data from observing systems to data centers, and then to end users.
Industry:Natural environment
The final stage in arthropod molting in which the new cuticle is hardened.
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The process of union of two gametes, also called fertilization. It encompasses both plasmogamy and karyogamy.
Industry:Natural environment
The weight of dead organisms, usually expressed per volume of water or per unit of land surface or volume.
Industry:Natural environment
Refers to the use of high-throughput sequencing technologies to sequence complementary DNA (cdna) in order to get information about a sample's RNA content; also called "whole transcriptome shotgun sequencing" (WTSS) .
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A classification system of organisms according to their means of obtaining nutrition. A segment of the food chain in which all organisms obtain food and energy in basically the same manner (e.g., photosynthesis, herbivory, or carnivory) and in which all organisms are the same number of links from the photosynthetic segment.
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