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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An individual genetically identical to the parent organism, created by the splitting off or budding of cells from the parent organism.
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The warm ocean current of the North Atlantic. It originates in the westward equatorial current and is deflected northward by the coast of South America into the Gulf of Mexico and then follows the coast of North America to Nantucket, where it is deflected eastward toward northern Europe.
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A bundle of neurons (nerve cells); specifically, a bundle of axons which are the motor processes of neurons which carry nervous impulses in the direction away from the cell bodies.
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A population of plant or animal cells or microorganisms that is grown under controlled conditions.
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In taxonomy, a photograph of the type or a photograph serving as the type.
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The development of similar forms by related but distinct phylogenetic lineages.
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A unit of length which constitutes the basis of the Metric System. It is one ten-millionth part of the distance measured on a meridian of the Earth from the equator to the pole. One meter equals 39.37 inches .
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An individual of a solitary cnidarian or one member of a cnidarian colony.
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