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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
Degree of identity existing between the nucleotide sequences of two related but not complementary DNA or RNA molecules.
Note 1: 70% homology means that on the average 70 out of every 100 nucleotides are identical in a given sequence.
Note 2: The same term is used in comparing the amino acid sequences of related proteins.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Denoting a liquid exerting the same osmotic pressure or chemical potential of water (water potential) as another liquid with which it is being compared.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Describes a body of water with a high concentration of nutrient salts and a high or excessive rate of biological production.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Having a low affinity for fat and a high affinity for water.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Having an affinity for fat and high lipid solubility.
Note: This is a physicochemical property which describes a partitioning equilibrium of solute molecules between water and an immiscible organic solvent, favoring the latter, and which correlates with bioaccumulation.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Description of the complete set of carbohydrates and their functions in a living organism.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Destiny of a chemical or biological pollutant after release into the natural environment.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Determination of factors controlling the likely effects of a hazard such as the dose-effect and dose-response relationships, variations in target susceptibility, and mechanism of toxicity.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Determination of substances of concern, their adverse effects, target populations, and conditions of exposure, taking into account toxicity data and knowledge of effects on human health, other organisms and their environment.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
