Coral reefs

Coral reefs

Coral reefs are structures formed from the calcium carbonate secretions of corals. They are colonies of tiny animals in marine areas containing few nutrients.

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Coral reefs

cladogram

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A tree-like diagram, resulting from a cladistic analysis, which depicts a hypothetical branching sequence of lineages leading to the taxa under consideration. The points of branching within a ...

negative charge

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An electrical charge created by having more electrons than protons.

parent population

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Any population considered as the source or origin for the population under study or analysis.

kinetic energy

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Energy associated with motion.

endopinacoderm

Natural environment; Coral reefs

In sponges, a surface lined with endopinacocytes .

ambilateral

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Occurring on both sides.

chromatin

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Replicated DNA and associated proteins; highly folded ribbon-like complexes of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and a class of proteins called histones; protein/DNA complex making the chromosome.