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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A form of allopatric speciation in which a vicariant event interrupts gene flow in a former cline.
Industry:Natural environment
A measure of data size. A terabyte of data is equivalent to 1,000 gigabytes of data or 1,000,000 megabytes of data. One petabyte equals 1,000 terabytes.
Industry:Natural environment
A protein that has all of the essential amino acids and in the correct proportions.
Industry:Natural environment
A stinging or grasping organelle in the outer cytoplasm of protists, especially ciliates. It consisting of a hair-like filament that can be discharged suddenly from a minute capsule .
Industry:Natural environment
Able to exist under more than one set of environmental conditions. For example, a facultative parasite may exist either as a parasite or as a saprotroph (gaining nutrients from dead organic matter).
Industry:Natural environment
An intense tropical cyclone in which winds tend to spiral inward toward a core of low pressure, with maximum surface wind velocities that equal or exceed 33.5 m/sec (75 mph or 65 knots) for several minutes or longer at some point.
Industry:Natural environment
