Glossary of terms used on this site
Glossary of biology.
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O horizon |
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obligate aerobes |
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organisms, such as humans, that must perform aerobic respiration to survive |
obligate anaerobes |
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organisms that only perform anaerobic respiration and often cannot survive in the presence of oxygen |
occipital lobe |
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part of the cerebral cortex that contains visual cortex and processes visual stimuli |
ocean upwelling |
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rising of deep ocean waters that occurs when prevailing winds blow along surface waters near a coastline |
oceanic zone |
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part of the ocean that begins offshore where the water measures 200 m deep or deeper |
Octamer box |
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(ATTTGCAT) nonessential eukaryotic promoter sequence that binds cellular factors to increase the efficiency of transcription; may be present several times in a promoter |
octet rule |
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odorant |
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Okazaki fragment |
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DNA fragment that is synthesized in short stretches on the lagging strand |
olfaction |
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sense of smell |
olfactory bulb |
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neural structure in the vertebrate brain that receives signals from olfactory receptors |
olfactory epithelium |
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specialized tissue in the nasal cavity where olfactory receptors are located |
olfactory receptor |
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oligodendrocyte |
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