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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Changes in gene frequencies resulting from selective pressures being placed upon a population by environmental factors. This results in a greater fitness of the population to its ecological niche.
Industry:Natural environment
A receptor that is stimulated by the presence of certain chemical substances.
Industry:Natural environment
Changes in the nature of single genes or segments of chromosomes, which are then inherited by successive generations.
Industry:Natural environment
An island in the ocean formed by breaking away from a continental landmass, volcanic action, coral formation, or a combination of sources.
Industry:Natural environment
Hereditary absence of pigment in an organism. Albino animals have no color in their skin, scales, hairs and eyes. The term is also used for absence of chlorophyll in plants. Some organisms exhibit partial albinism. White tigers, for example, possess black stripes on a white background.
Industry:Natural environment
Change of body shape, e.g., the change from a larval form to a juvenile or adult form.
Industry:Natural environment
