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endobiotic
(of a parasite or symbiont) living within the tissues of a host. -
recombinant dna technology
any of various techniques for separating and recombining segments of DNA or genes, often employing a restriction enzyme to cut a gene from a donor organism and inserting it into a plasmid or viral DNA for transplantation into a host organism, where the gene causes the production of a desired substance either for harvesting or for the benefit of the host organism itself. -
zooid
any organic body or cell capable of spontaneous movement and of an existence more or less apart from or independent of the parent organism. -
adaptation
An adaptation of a book or play is a film or a television programme that is based on it. -
allometry
the study of the growth of part of an organism in relation to the growth of the entire organism -
auxotroph
a mutant strain of microorganism having nutritional requirements additional to those of the normal organism