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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 ...
The generic term for a group of female sex hormones which control the development of sexual characteristics and control oestrus.
Industry:Biotechnology
The genes on a plasmid that give it the ability to facilitate the transfer of either a non-conjugative or a conjugative plasmid from one bacterium to another.
Industry:Biotechnology
The genetic transformation of a cell type into a cell line which can proliferate indefinitely.
Industry:Biotechnology
The genome of a temperate bacteriophage integrated into the chromosome of a lysogenic bacterium and replicated along with the host chromosome.
Industry:Biotechnology
The gross weight of a product with its full water content, or weight of fully hydrated tissue.
Industry:Biotechnology
The growing of plants in aerated water containing all the essential mineral nutrients, with no soil. Also called soilless gardening or cultivation.
Industry:Biotechnology
The growth stage where cells undergo their maximum rate of cell division. The exponential phase follows the lag phase, and precedes the linear growth phase.
Industry:Biotechnology
The heritable variation within and among populations which is created, enhanced or maintained by evolutionary forces.
Industry:Biotechnology
