Glossary of terms used on this site
Glossary of biology.
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granum |
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stack of thylakoids located inside a chloroplast |
granzyme |
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gravitropism |
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response of a plant growth in the same direction as gravity |
grazing food web |
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type of food web in which the primary producers are either plants on land or phytoplankton in the water; often associated with a detrital food web within the same ecosystem |
greenhouse effect |
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warming of Earth due to carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere |
greenhouse gases |
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atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide and methane that absorb and emit radiation, thus trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere |
gross primary productivity |
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rate at which photosynthetic primary producers incorporate energy from the sun |
ground tissue |
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plant tissue involved in photosynthesis; provides support, and stores water and sugars |
group I virus |
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virus with a dsDNA genome |
group II virus |
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group IV virus |
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virus with an ssRNA genome with positive polarity |
group V virus |
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virus with an ssRNA genome with negative polarity |
group VI virus |
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virus with an ssRNA genome converted into dsDNA by reverse transcriptase |
group VII virus |
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virus with a single-stranded mRNA converted into dsDNA for genome replication |
growth factor |
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ligand that binds to cell-surface receptors and stimulates cell growth |