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A drug that inhibits cell growth by stopping cell division. Taxanes are used as treatments for cancer. Also called antimitotic or antimicrotubule agents or mitotic inhibitors. Docetaxel and paclitaxel are taxanes.
Ãâó: www.stjude.org/glossary
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| taxa |
a grouping of organisms given a formal taxonomic name such as species, genus, family, etc.
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a group or category of living organisms; the published groups within each of the divisions in the Linnean hierarchy. Thus, Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Carnivora, etc. are each taxa, as is the great Siberian Tiger, Felis tigris, figuratively lying in the shade, at the bottom of the tree.
Ãâó: www.palaeos.com/Systematics/glossary.html
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| taxa |
The named classification unit to which individuals or sets of species are assigned, such as species, genus and order.
Ãâó: www.deh.gov.au/soe/2001/coasts/glossary.html
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| taxa |
Any organism or group of organisms of the same taxonomic rank; for example, members of an order, family, genus, or species.
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