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allotetraploid
Biology; Biotechnology
An organism with four genomes derived from hybridization of different species. Usually, in forms that become established, two of the four genomes are from one species and two are ...
allozygote
Biology; Biotechnology
A diploid individual that is homozygous at a locus in which the two genes are not identical by descent from a common ancestor.
anneal
Biology; Biotechnology
The pairing of complementary DNA or RNA sequences, via hydrogen bonding, to form a double-stranded polynucleotide. Most often used to describe the binding of a short primer or ...
antagonism
Biology; Biotechnology
An interaction between two organisms (e.g., moulds or bacteria) in which the growth of one is inhibited by the other. cf synergism.
anther culture
Biology; Biotechnology
The aseptic culture of anthers for the production of haploid plants from microspores. See androgenesis; gynogenesis; parthenogenesis.
anthesis
Biology; Biotechnology
The flowering period or efflorescence. Anthesis is the time of full bloom, which lasts till fruit set.
anthocyanin
Biology; Biotechnology
Water-soluble blue, purple and red flavonoid pigments found in vacuoles of cells.
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