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plastid
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one of a group of related organelles in plant cells that are involved in the storage of starches, fats, proteins, and pigments

platelet
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(also, thrombocyte) small cellular fragment that collects at wounds, cross-reacts with clotting factors, and forms a plug to prevent blood loss

platelet
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(also, thrombocyte) small cellular fragment that collects at wounds, cross-reacts with clotting factors, and forms a plug to prevent blood loss

Platyrrhini
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clade of New World monkeys

Plesiadapis
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oldest known primate-like mammal

pleura
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tissue layer that surrounds the lungs and lines the interior of the thoracic cavity

pleurisy
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painful inflammation of the pleural tissue layers

pneumatic bone
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air-filled bone

point mutation
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mutation that affects a single base

polar covalent bond
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type of covalent bond that forms as a result of unequal electron sharing, resulting in creating slightly positive and negative charged molecule regions

polar nuclei
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found in the ovule sac; fusion with one sperm cell forms the endosperm

pollen grain
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structure containing the male gametophyte of the plant

pollen tube
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extension from the pollen grain that delivers sperm to the egg cell

pollination
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transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma

pollination
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transfer of pollen to the stigma