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Established in October 1945 with the objective of eliminating hunger and improving nutrition and standards of living by increasing agricultural productivity, FAO coordinates the efforts of governments and technical agencies in programs for developing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and ...
A diagnostic technique for determining the presence or absence of a specific nucleotide pair within a target gene, often indicating whether the gene is wild type (normal) or mutant (defective).
Industry:Biotechnology
A diagram illustrating the deduced evolutionary history of populations of related organisms.
Industry:Biotechnology
A diagram representing the characteristic features of the chromosomes of a species.
Industry:Biotechnology
A diffusion gradient of nutrients and gases that develops in tissues where only a portion of the tissue is in contact with the medium. Gradients are less likely to form in liquid media than in callus cultures.
Industry:Biotechnology
A diploid individual that is homozygous at a locus in which the two genes are not identical by descent from a common ancestor.
Industry:Biotechnology
A disease associated with the absence or reduced levels of insulin, which is a hormone essential for the transport of glucose to cells.
Industry:Biotechnology
A disease of broad-leaved plants, where a proliferation of root-like tissue is formed from the stem. Hairy root disease is a tumorous state similar to crown-gall, and is induced by the bacterium <i>Agrobacterium rhizogenes,</i> containing an Ri plasmid.
Industry:Biotechnology
