C value: The amount of DNA comprising the haploid genome for a given species (picograms per cell; 2-3 pg in mammals). The C value paradox is the lack of correlation between the C values of species and their evolutionary complexity.
The economic value of knowing the exact ingredients (sequencing) and location (mapping) of the human genome is clearly presented in Gillis Cracking the Code, Business Magazine Supplement, The Washington Post, September 27, 1999, at 18-20.
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When the glucose level comes down to the usual physiologic value, insulin release from the beta cells slows or stops.
Intrinsic value is the same as utility or adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants of men.
The systematic value of segmentation has been downplayed, with most specialists favoring segmentation arising from convergent evolution.
If biological resources represent an ecological interest for the community, their economic value is also increasing. New products are developed thanks to biotechnologies, and new markets created.
selection differential (S) The difference in mean phenotypic value for a selected group of breeding animals and the mean value in the population from which they are drawn.
disease. Any disturbance of a plant that interferes with its normal structure, function, or economic value. disk. A type of cultivator made up of many circular blades used for weed control and soil preparation.
The reason there's a whole plasma marketplace is because these are proteins that have therapeutic value that cannot be made in a recombinant system, so what people have been doing is they've collected human blood, ...
Island species, species with limited habitats, low reproductive rates, high territory requirements, susceptibility to pollution, predators, and having economic value: all make species susceptible to extinction.
Most segmented worms are marine worms which live in tubes and burrows along the coastline. The leeches are parasitic annelids which at one time were used for "blood letting" which was thought to be of therapeutic value for a variety of ailments.
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