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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 ...
Hybridization of cloned DNA to intact chromosomes, where the cloned DNA has been labelled with a fluorescent dye. This is the major method of physical mapping of cloned DNA fragments on chromosomes.
Industry:Biotechnology
Hydroponic technique used to grow plants. NFT delivers a film of water or nutrient solution either continuously or through on-off cycles (e.g., on 8 minutes and off 7 minutes).
Industry:Biotechnology
Identity of matched pairs or groups for a given trait, such as sibs expressing the same trait.
Industry:Biotechnology
Immune system cells that ingest and destroy viruses, bacteria, fungi and other foreign substances or cells.
Industry:Biotechnology
In a cell, the ratio of nuclear to cytoplasmic volume. This ratio is high in meristematic cells and low in differentiated cells.
Industry:Biotechnology
In a chemical reaction, an unstable and high-energy configuration assumed by reactants on the way to making products. Enzymes are thought to bind and stabilize the transition state, thus lowering the energy of activation needed to drive the reaction to completion.
Industry:Biotechnology
In a continuous fermentation process, the condition when the number of cells that are removed with the outflow is exactly balanced by newly synthesized cells.
Industry:Biotechnology
In a frequency distribution, the class having the greatest frequency.
Industry:Biotechnology
In a meristematic state or resembling a meristem; lacking the specialized or differential gene expression characteristic of specialized cells.
Industry:Biotechnology
