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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Industry: Agriculture
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Established in October 1945 with the objective of eliminating hunger and improving nutrition and standards of living by increasing agricultural productivity, FAO coordinates the efforts of governments and technical agencies in programs for developing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and ...
The addition of a phosphate group to a compound.
Industry:Biotechnology
The administration of metabolites, co-factors or hormones that are deficient as the result of a genetic disease.
Industry:Biotechnology
The aggregate of all the external conditions and influences affecting the life and development of an organism.
Industry:Biotechnology
The agricultural practice of cultivating a single crop on a whole farm or area.
Industry:Biotechnology
The alignment of sequence data from large, adjacent regions of the genome to produce a continuous nucleotide sequence across a chromosomal region.
Industry:Biotechnology
The alignment of sequence data from large, adjacent regions of the genome to produce a continuous nucleotide sequence across a chromosomal region.
Industry:Biotechnology
The altering of a micro-organism's surface antigens through genetic re-arrangement, to elude detection by the host's immune system.
Industry:Biotechnology
The amount of a chemical required to kill 50% of the test population. The higher the LD<sub>50</sub>, the lower the presumed toxicity of the chemical.
Industry:Biotechnology
The amount of biological material in a specific volume.
Industry:Biotechnology
The amount of product that is produced within a given period of time from a specified quantity of resource.
Industry:Biotechnology