cancer-
family syndrome
pedigree in which unusually large numbers of blood relatives develop certain kinds of
cancers.
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Full article >>>hamamelid
dicot family -
family of mostly woody
dicotyledonous
flowering
plants with
flowers often uni
sexual and often borne in catkins
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Full article >>>Family Myoviridae - includes Entero
bacteria phage T4
Family Podoviridae
Family Siphoviridae - includes Entero
bacteria phage λ
Unassigned families ...
Full article >>>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 ...
Full article >>>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.
Full article >>>FamilyA category in the biological
classification of
plants and
animals coming below an
order and above a
genus.
Related Terms:
Order ...
Full article >>>Family Myoviridae - e.g. Entero
bacteria phage T4
Family Podoviridae
Family Siphoviridae - e.g. Entero
bacteria phage &
lambda;
Unassigned ...
Full article >>>Family: A
taxonomic sub
division of an
order, containing a group of related genera.
Family names end in -idae.
Forewing: The first or anterior pair of insect wings.
Full article >>>Family tree of hominoids, including the apes and man.
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How a
Proto-Oncogene Becomes an
OncogeneA depiction of some types of
mutations that can occur to turn a
proto-oncogene into an
oncogene.
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Full article >>>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.
Full article >>>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.
Full article >>>A
family tree describing the occurrence of heritable
characters in parents and
offspring across as many generations as possible.
pelagic zone
(pel-ay-jik) ...
Full article >>>A
family of imaging techniques in which the inter
action of a sharp, nanometre-sized tip with a specimen is measured as the tip is mechanically scanned over the specimen surface.
OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ...
Full article >>>The
family of haem
oxygenase
enzymes is unique in nature for its role in haem degradation.
Full article >>>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.
Full article >>>Cabbage
FamilyCabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts, kohlrabi, and cauli
flower reduce risk of gastrointestinal and respiratory tract
cancers.
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Full article >>>Multi
gene family A number of identical or related genes present in the same
organism, usually coding for a
family of related
polypeptides.
Full article >>>: 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).
Full article >>>Gene super
family: 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 super
family).
Full article >>> 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.
Full article >>>Genes for the
family of
histone proteins are clustered near one another in
Drosophila melanogaster (above) and other
invertebrates.
Full article >>>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.
Full article >>>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.
Covered in Lab 4 Cellular Energetics:
Fermentation and
Cellular Respiration ...
Full article >>>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.
Full article >>>Incomplete
penetrance -- the
gene for a condition is present, but not obviously
expressed in all individuals in a
family with the
gene.
Full article >>>family, sub
family, sub
species.
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 sub
species to the
species rank C.
Full article >>>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.
Full article >>>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.
Full article >>>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.
Full article >>>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
Yahoo! ...
Full article >>>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.
explained:
Listen to a detailed explanation.
Full article >>>cole crops. Any of the group of crucifer
family crops that are varieties of the
species Brassica oleracea, including cabbage, broccoli, cauli
flower, and brussel spouts.
coleoptile. A sheathlike structure enclosing the
shoot of a grass seedling.
Full article >>>Construct and interpret a
family pedigree.
Identify
sex-linked, co-
dominant, incomplete
dominant, multiple
allele,
polygenic traits
- ...
Full article >>>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).
Pseudogygites latimarginatus ...
Full article >>>A
transcription factor complex, formed by two members of JUN and FOS
family of genes.
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Full article >>>genus -- n. A category in the
classification of
plants and
animals between
species and
family; genera- pl.
Full article >>>Genus. (plural: genera) The level of the
taxonomic hierarchy above the
species but below the
family level ...
Full article >>>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 Super
family ...
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