| native protein |
The naturally occurring form of a protein.
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| natural childbirth |
a technique of giving birth that stresses relaxation techniques so that the use of pain-relieving drugs can be minimized; also called prepared childbirth
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| natural killer cell |
A type of lymphocyte. Like cytotoxic T cells, NK cells attack and kill tumor cells and protect against a wide variety of infectious microbes. They are "natural" killers because they do not need additional stimulation or to recognize a specific antigen in order to attack and kill. Persons with immunodeficiencies such as those caused by HIV infection have a decrease in natural killer cell activity.
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| native |
Not counting, or prior to applying, any of: scaling, upconversion, downconversion, encoding, decodiing, modulation, demodulation, etc. For example the native resolution of "720p HDTV" is 720 pixels high by 1280 pixels wide but a particular TV set with a native 4:3 aspect ratio resolution of 640 by 480 on an LCD panel can convert a 720p 16:9 program to fit by displaying half the program's resolution horizontally and vertically, 640 by 360.
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| natural selection |
Difference in reproductive success and/or survivorship of individuals that result in the unequal contribution of genotypes to the gene pool of the next generation.
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