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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The Law of Segregation states that each hereditary characteristic is controlled by two 'factors' (alleles), which segregate and pass into separate germ cells (gametes). The Law of Independent Assortment states that pairs of 'factors' segregate independently of each other when germ cells are formed.
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A marine worm in the phylum Annelida, class Polychaeta, that lives within tubular cases made of mineral or chitinous secretions or of aggregated grit. Other worm-like invertebrates in the phyla Pogonophora and Phoronida have also been referred to as tubeworms.
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The practice of choosing individuals from a population for reproduction (selective breeding), usually because these individuals possess one or more desirable traits.
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A statement of a scientific fact or phenomenon that is invariable under given conditions. A law may be either quantitative (including measurement) or qualitative (general characteristics). It must describe evidence that has been gathered using acceptable scientific standards of reproducibility. Examples of scientific laws: Faraday’s Law of electromagnetic induction, Coulomb’s Law of electrostatic attraction, Dalton’s Law of partial pressures, and Boyle’s Gas Law.
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A well-defined school of fish composed of one species with individuals all of similar size.
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Having combined sexes. Individuals of monoecious species contain the reproductive systems of both males and females.
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In taxonomy, the description of a taxonomic group when first established.
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