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hyphae

Biology; General

The multinucleate or multicellular filaments that make up the mycelium (body) of a fungus (sing.: hypha).

hemizygous

Biology; General

Having one or more genes that have no allele counterparts. Usually applied to genes on the male's X chromosome (in humans).

hydrophobic

Biology; General

Water-fearing. Term applied to nonpolar molecules that cannot bond with water.

A red pigment in red blood cells that can bind with oxygen and is largely responsible for the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity. Hemoglobin is composed of four polypeptide chains, two alpha (a) and ...

hydrosphere

Biology; General

The part of the physical environment that consists of all the liquid and solid water at or near the Earth's surface.

intron

Biology; General

In eukaryotes, bases of a gene transcribed but later excised from the mRNA prior to exporting from the nucleus and subsequent translation of the message into a polypeptide.

ion

Biology; General

An atom that has lost or gained electrons from its outer shell and therefore has a positive or negative charge, respectively; symbolized by a superscript plus or minus sign and sometimes a number, ...