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hyperplasia

Biology; Biochemistry

An excessive growth of an organ due to an increase in the number of cells.

selective system

Biology; Biochemistry

An experimental technique that enhances the recovery of specific (usually rare) genotypes.

eocyte

Biology; Biochemistry

An extremely thermophilic sulphur-dependent archaebacterium.

duplicate gene

Biology; Biochemistry

An identical locus mapping to a second site in a genome.

antibody

Biology; Biochemistry

An immunoglobulin molecule that reacts specifically with another (usually foreign) molecule, the antigen.

serotype

Biology; Biochemistry

An immunologically defined variant of a micro-organism; one that bears a unique epitope on its surface.

pseudogene

Biology; Biochemistry

An inactive gene derived from an ancestral active gene.

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