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chlorophyll b
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accessory pigment that absorbs blue and red-orange light and consequently has a yellowishgreen tint

chloroplast
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plant cell organelle that carries out photosynthesis

chloroplast
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organelle in which photosynthesis takes place

choanocyte
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(also, collar cell) sponge cell that functions to generate a water current and to trap and ingest food particles via phagocytosis

cholecystokinin
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hormone that stimulates the contraction of the gallbladder to release bile

Chondrichthyes
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jawed fish with paired fins and a skeleton made of cartilage

chondrocyte
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cell found in cartilage

Chordata
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phylum of animals distinguished by their possession of a notochord, a dorsal, hollow nerve cord, an endostyle, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail at some point in their development

Chordata
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phylum of animals distinguished by their possession of a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail at some point during their development

chorion
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membrane of the egg that surrounds the embryo and yolk sac

choroid plexus
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spongy tissue within ventricles that produces cerebrospinal fluid

chromatin
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protein-DNA complex that serves as the chromosomes' building material

chromophore
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molecule that absorbs light

chromosome
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structure within the nucleus that comprises chromatin that contains DNA, the hereditary material

chromosome inversion
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detachment, 180° rotation, and chromosome arm reinsertion