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Coral reefs
Coral reefs are structures formed from the calcium carbonate secretions of corals. They are colonies of tiny animals in marine areas containing few nutrients.
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Stridulation
Natural environment; Coral reefs
To produce a sound by rubbing two body parts together. Some fishes make sounds by rubbing together bodily structures, especially skeletal parts.
Biometrics
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The use of statistics for the study of biological events.
Mendelian inheritance
Natural environment; Coral reefs
One method in which genetic traits are passed from parents to offspring. It is named after the Austrian monk, Gregor Mendel, who first studied and recognised the existence of genes and this method of ...
Tornaria larva
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A ciliated, free-swimming pelagic larva of a hemichordate.
Restriction fragment
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A fragment of DNA produced by cleaving (digesting, cutting) a DNA molecule with one or more restriction endonucleases.
Complementary nucleotide
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A member of the pairs adenine-thymine, adenine-uracil, and guanine-cytosine that have the ability to hydrogen bond to one another.
Electroreceptor
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A receptor organ that senses changes in an electrical current in the surrounding water, for example, the ampullae of Lorenzini in sharks.
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