| pyrimidine |
A nitrogen-containing, double-ring, basic compound that occurs in nucleic acids. The pyrimidines in DNA are cytosine and thymine; in RNA, cytosine and uracil.
Ãâó: www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/public...
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| pyrenoid |
Cytoplasmic structure made of protein or appended to the chloroplasts in most phytoflagellates. They are associated with the formation or storage of polysaccharide food reserves (usually starch)(Steidinger & Tangen 1996).
Ãâó: www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/dinoflag/glossary....
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| pyramidal |
Shaped as a pyramid.
Ãâó: www.inlandlapidary.com/user_area/glossaryP.asp
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| pyriform |
pear-shaped, narrower at the base.
Ãâó: intramar.ugent.be/nemys/fungi/web/glossary.htm
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| pyrenoid |
A proteinaceous structure associated with algal chloroplasts that often forms storage compounds
Ãâó: silicasecchidisk.conncoll.edu/LucidKeys/Carolina_K...
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