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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 ...
During the maturation of eukaryotic mRNA, the process that eliminates intervening intron sequences and covalently joins exon sequences of RNA. In recombinant DNA technology, the term refers to the latter of the two processes just described, namely joining fragments of DNA together.
Industry:Biotechnology
Early phase of development in which an organism is juvenile and incapable of sexual reproduction.
Industry:Biotechnology
Effects of alleles at a locus, where the heterozygote is exactly intermediate between the two homozygotes.
Industry:Biotechnology
Efficiency of converting light energy into organic compounds.
Industry:Biotechnology
Efficiency of pollen from one plant reaching the stigma of another plant.
Industry:Biotechnology
Either of the two haploid gamete nuclei just prior to their fusion in the fertilized ovum.
Industry:Biotechnology
Electromagnetic waves, including ultraviolet (UV), X-rays, and gamma radiation ( rays). Electromagnetic radiation is used to produce mutant cells or organisms, or, in the case of UV, disinfestation and sterilization, in tissue culture.
Industry:Biotechnology
Elongated cells found just beneath the upper epidermis of leaves, and containing many chloroplasts.
Industry:Biotechnology
Elongated cells with tapering, pointed ends; the cells interlock to form a strong, rigid tissue; pits in the walls are usually very narrow and not very numerous.
Industry:Biotechnology
