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white blood cell
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large (30 μm) cell with nuclei of which there are many types with different roles including the protection of the body from viruses and bacteria, and cleaning up dead cells and other waste

white-nose syndrome
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disease of cave-hibernating bats in the eastern United States and Canada associated with the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans

white-nose syndrome
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whorled
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pattern of leaf arrangement in which three or more leaves are connected at a node

X inactivation
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condensing X chromosomes into Barr bodies during embryonic development in females to compensate for the double genetic dose

X-linked
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gene present on the X, but not the Y chromosome

yeast
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general term used to describe unicellular fungi

zero population growth
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steady population size where birth rates and death rates are equal

zoea
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larval stage in the early development of crustaceans

zona pellucida
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protective layer of glycoproteins on the mammalian egg

zoonosis
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disease that primarily infects animals that is transmitted to humans

Zygomycota
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(also, conjugated fungi) phylum of fungi that form a zygote contained in a zygospore

zygospore
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structure with thick cell wall that contains the zygote in zygomycetes