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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An inference in which the conclusion about particulars follows necessarily from general theory. In science, deductive reasoning would involve stating an hypothesis first, and then trying to find facts that reject the hypothesis.
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Being symbiotic and living within the body of an individual of the associated species.
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In taxonomy, an impermissible name; an unavailable name published for divisions of the genus group other than genus and subgenus, which are not accepted by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
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One of the sensory receptors in some jellyfish (Scyphozoa), located on the margin of the bell. Rhopalia contain statocysts for equilibrium, and ocelli, which are photosensitive cells which allow the animal to respond to light stimulation .
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The direction a compass needle points when there are no local interfering influences.
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The passage of a molecule from the inside of a cell through the cell membrane into the periplasmic or interstitial space, or the extracellular medium; the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance from the body of an organism.
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The synthesis of DNA on a template of RNA, accomplished by the enzyme, reverse transcriptase.
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Under conditions of constant pressure and quantity, there is a direct relationship between the volume and absolute temperature for an ideal gas.
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