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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 ...
A small- or laboratory-scale process; commonly used in connection with fermentation.
Industry:Biotechnology
A small rooted shoot developed from seed or from cultured cells either by embryogenesis or organogenesis.
Industry:Biotechnology
A small round mass of cells that is located on the roots of plants and contains nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Industry:Biotechnology
A small, self-replicating DNA molecule - usually a plasmid or viral DNA chromosome - into which foreign DNA is inserted in the process of cloning genes or other DNA sequences of interest. It can carry inserted DNA and be perpetuated in a host cell. Also called a cloning vehicle, vector, or vehicle..
Industry:Biotechnology
A small, self-splicing RNA molecule that accompanies several plant viruses, including tobacco ringspot virus. a.k.a. viroid.
Industry:Biotechnology
A small-scale (mini-) preparation of plasmid or phage DNA. Used to analyse DNA in a cloning vector after a cloning experiment.
Industry:Biotechnology
A solution that resists change in pH when an acid or alkali is added, or when solutions are diluted.
Industry:Biotechnology
A solution with an osmotic potential greater than that of living cells, leading to water loss from, shrinkage or plasmolysis of cells in a hypertonic situation. Opposite: hypotonic.
Industry:Biotechnology
A somatic cell with unique characters not present in the other cells, such as might be selected for in a screening trial that following a mutation event.
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A somatic mutation arising in a bud and producing a genetically different shoot. Bud sports includes changes due to gene mutation, somatic reduction, chromosome deletion or polyploidy.
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