| altruism |
from Alter, other. A quality opposed to Egoism. Actions tending to do good to others, regardless of self.
Ãâó: www.theosociety.org/pasadena/key/key-glos.htm
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| alter |
sometimes used to refer to gelding a stallion
Ãâó: www.equinekingdom.com/data/horse_glossary/a_terms....
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| alternative splicing |
Different ways of combining a gene's exons to make variants of the complete protein. Source : Human Genome Project Information
Ãâó: www.genomecanada.ca/GCglossaire/glossaire/index.as...
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| alternation of generations |
This term is applied to a peculiar mode of reproduction which prevails among many of the lower animals, in which the egg produces a living form quite different from its parent, but from which the parent-form is reproduced by a process of budding, or by the division of the substance of the first product of the egg.
Ãâó: www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/sci/lifescie...
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| altruism |
Conferral of a benefit on other individuals at an apparent cost to the benefactor. See Chapter 20.
Ãâó: evolution.unibe.ch/teaching/GlossarE.htm
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