| alternative splicing |
Various ways of splicing out introns in eukaryotic pre-mRNAs resulting in one gene producing several different mRNAs and protein products.
Ãâó: helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/glossary/ab.htm
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| altruism |
A form of behaviour in which an individual risks lowering its fitness for the benefit of another.
Ãâó: helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/glossary/ab.htm
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| ALT |
A special key on most computer keyboards that allows users to access alternate features and keyboard "hotkeys". Alt is almost always used in conjunction with another key, such as "F4" or "Ctrl".
Ãâó: www.angelfire.com/bc/nursinginformatics/glossary.h...
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| alternating current |
(AC); Electrical current that changes (or alternates) in magnitude and direction of the current at regular intervals.
Ãâó: www.angelfire.com/pa/baconbacon/page4.html
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| alternate host |
One of the two hosts of a pathogen where different stages of the life cycle occur on unrelated hosts. When several or many plant species are hosts of a given pathogen they are known as alternative hosts.
Ãâó: www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glossary/glossary_a.s...
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