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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An allele for which all copies are derived from a single genic mutational event. It is probable that all individuals who share the mutation will have inherited it from the same common ancestor, and the same single mutational event .
Industry:Natural environment
An organism which serves as the habitat for a parasite or symbiont. The host may provide nutrition to the parasite or symbiont, or simply a place in which to live.
Industry:Natural environment
Coral bleaching as a result of changing climate patterns, e.g., temperature.
Industry:Natural environment
In echinoderms, a system of internal canals and appendages that are water-filled and functions as a means of locomotion.
Industry:Natural environment
Phylogenetic retention of juvenile or larval characters in the adult.
Industry:Natural environment
The accidental tranfer of genetic material from a genetically engineered organism to one that is not genetically engineered.
Industry:Natural environment
The grinding apparatus in the cardiac stomach of crustaceans. It is formed by three chitinous teeth that project into the stomach; the thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles, used for grinding food.
Industry:Natural environment
The rate of flow of radiant energy (electromagnetic waves).
Industry:Natural environment
