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cancer-family syndrome pedigree in which unusually large numbers of blood relatives develop certain kinds of cancers.
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hamamelid dicot family - family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
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Family Myoviridae - includes Enterobacteria phage T4
Family Podoviridae
Family Siphoviridae - includes Enterobacteria phage λ
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family of plants in which the seed vessel is two-valved and contains a linear arrangement of seeds, such as beans, peas, alfalfa, etc.
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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family The level of classification between order and genus.
family planning Controlling reproduction; planning the timing of birth and having as many babies as are wanted and can be supported.
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Family
A category in the biological classification of plants and animals coming below an order and above a genus.
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Family Myoviridae - e.g. Enterobacteria phage T4
Family Podoviridae
Family Siphoviridae - e.g. Enterobacteria phage λ
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Family: A taxonomic subdivision of an order, containing a group of related genera. Family names end in -idae.
Forewing: The first or anterior pair of insect wings.
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Family tree of hominoids, including the apes and man.
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How a Proto-Oncogene Becomes an Oncogene
A depiction of some types of mutations that can occur to turn a proto-oncogene into an oncogene.
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family: similar genera classified together.
fats: lipids composed of a glycerol and fatty acids.
fatty acids: long chains of carbon atoms with carboxyl groups at one end.
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Family members were identified, the gene was sequenced for the alpha-1 subunit, and mutations were found. Several mutations are associated with the alpha helical units for familial hemiplegic migraine as well as with the pore unit.
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A family tree describing the occurrence of heritable characters in parents and offspring across as many generations as possible.
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A family of imaging techniques in which the interaction of a sharp, nanometre-sized tip with a specimen is measured as the tip is mechanically scanned over the specimen surface.
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The family of haem oxygenase enzymes is unique in nature for its role in haem degradation.
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Natural Family Planning - Rhythm Methods
An egg can be fertilized only during the day or so after ovulation.
Sperm can live in the female reproductive tract for up to 6 days.
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Cabbage Family
Cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts, kohlrabi, and cauliflower reduce risk of gastrointestinal and respiratory tract cancers.
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Multigene family
A number of identical or related genes present in the same organism, usually coding for a family of related polypeptides.
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: A major family of small lymphocytes
that are
responsible for antigen-specific humoral immunity as part of the adaptive immunity. Their antigen receptors are surface immunoglobulins (antibodies).
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Gene superfamily: A large group of genes related (often poorly) by sequence homologies or by the structures of their products, and by their involvement in different aspects of the same larger process (e.g. immunoglobulin gene superfamily).
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Araceae a family of monocots whose flowers are in the form of a spathe and spadix
(from the genus name Arum = "wake-robin" - note that while here in the US this common name is used to refer to Trillium sp.
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Genes for the family of histone proteins are clustered near one another in Drosophila melanogaster (above) and other invertebrates.
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Interferon. A family of small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Intergenic regions. DNA sequences located between genes that comprise a large percentage of the human genome with no known function.
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A family of organic molecules with the general formula (CH20)x, ranging from simple sugars, such as glucose and fructose, to complex molecules, such as starch and cellulose.
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A family of small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells. Intergenic regions. DNA sequences located between genes that comprise a large percentage of the human genome with no known function. Introgression.
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Incomplete penetrance -- the gene for a condition is present, but not obviously expressed in all individuals in a family with the gene.
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family, subfamily, subspecies.
Change of rank When a name is moved from one level of the classification system to another, e.g., when De Lotto (1955) moved Ceroplastes destructor brevicauda from the subspecies to the species rank C.
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Grass: a member of the Graminae family of flowering plants. Growthform: the overall morphology of a plant species, including its stature, leaf type, and habit.
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chlorophylls A family of green pigments functioning as receptors of light energy in photosynthesis; magnesium-porphyrin complexes. chloroplasts Chlorophyll-containing photosynthetic organelles in some eukaryotic cells.
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Non-Flowering Plant Family Access Page Sorted by family on the non-flowering plants. Thumbnail photos are linked to larger versions. This site is a great educational resource maintained by Gerald D. Carr.
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family village has lists of information and WWW resources for sufferers from a whole range of disorders (and their families)
More generally, you may be surprised at what you turn up with a simple search engine like HotBot or AltaVista
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A simplified diagram of a family's genealogy that shows family members' relationships to each other and how a particular trait or disease has been inherited.
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cole crops. Any of the group of crucifer family crops that are varieties of the species Brassica oleracea, including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and brussel spouts.
coleoptile. A sheathlike structure enclosing the shoot of a grass seedling.
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Construct and interpret a family pedigree.
Identify sex-linked, co- dominant, incomplete dominant, multiple allele, polygenic traits
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A specimen of Flexicalymene from Ordovician-age rocks near Arnheim, Ohio. The family resemblance to Diacalymene is pretty obvious. This photo was taken by Rick Larush (rick@geo.ucalgary.ca).

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A transcription factor complex, formed by two members of JUN and FOS family of genes.
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genus -- n. A category in the classification of plants and animals between species and family; genera- pl.
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Genus. (plural: genera) The level of the taxonomic hierarchy above the species but below the family level ...
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Cell Death Biochemical Society Symposia vol 61: Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress: Environment, Drugs and Food Additives Essays in Biochemistry vol 41: The Ubiquitin-Proteasome System Essays in Biochemistry vol 40: The Nuclear Receptor Superfamily ...
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