- Industry: Agriculture
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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 probability that an event will occur 0, 1, 2, ..., <i>n</i> times out of <i>n</i> is given by the successive terms of the expression (<i>p</i> + <i>q</i>)<sup><i>n</i></sup>, where <i>p</i> is the probability of the event occurring, and <i>q</i> = 1 - <i>p</i>.
Industry:Biotechnology
The process by which a gene produces RNA and protein, and hence exerts its effects on the phenotype of an organism.
Industry:Biotechnology
The process by which a living cell engulfs a minute droplet of liquid.
Industry:Biotechnology
The process by which a virus' nucleic acid is enclosed in a capsid.
Industry:Biotechnology
The process by which beer is made. In the first stage the barley grain is soaked in water and allowed to germinate (malting), during which the natural enzymes of the grain convert the seed starch to maltose, and then to glucose. Grain is then dried, crushed, and added to water at a specific temperature (steeping) and any remaining starch is converted to sugar. The resulting liquid (wort) is the raw material to which yeast is added to convert sugar to alcohol. Hops (female flowers of <i>Humulus lupulus</i>) are added during this process to give a characteristic flavour.
Industry:Biotechnology
The process by which cells lose their specialization and proliferate by cell division to form a mass of cells which, in response to appropriate stimuli, may later differentiate again to form either the same cell type or a different one. De-differentiation occurs in response to wounding and in tissue cultures.
Industry:Biotechnology
The process by which changes in the genetic composition of populations of organisms occur in response to environmental changes.
Industry:Biotechnology
The process by which floral induction in some plants is promoted by exposing the plants to chilling for a certain duration.
Industry:Biotechnology
The process by which materials enter a cell without passing through the cell membrane. The membrane folds around material outside the cell, resulting in the formation of a saclike vesicle into which the material is incorporated. This vesicle is then pinched off from the cell surface so that it lies within the cell.
Industry:Biotechnology
The process by which minute food particles or foreign particles invading the body are engulfed and broken down by certain animal cells.
Industry:Biotechnology
