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Diversity Arrays Technology — (DArT) is the name of a technology used in molecular genetics to develop sequence markers for genotyping and other genetic analysis. DArT is based on microarray hybridizations that detect the presence versus absence of individual fragments in… … Wikipedia
Linguistic Diversity in Space and Time — [http://books.google.com/books?id=hrT xNaDkgQC printsec=frontcover Linguistic Diversity in Space and Time] (University of Chicago Press, 1992) is linguist Johanna Nichols s best known work, pioneering the use of linguistic typology as a tool for… … Wikipedia
unity — /yooh ni tee/, n., pl. unities. 1. the state of being one; oneness. 2. a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one. 3. the state or fact of being united or combined into one, as of the parts of a whole; unification. 4. absence of… … Universalium
uniformity — I noun absence of diversity, absence of variation, conformity, consistency, constancy, continuity, equability, evenness, homogeneity, levelness, order, persistence, regularity, singleness, smoothness, stability, standardization, symmetry, unity… … Law dictionary
unity — u•ni•ty [[t]ˈyu nɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the state of being one; oneness 2) a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one 3) the state or fact of being united or combined into one, as of the parts of a whole; unification 4) absence of… … From formal English to slang
Absenteeism — Absence redirects here. For other uses, see Absence (disambiguation). Absenteeism is a habitual pattern of absence from a duty or obligation. Traditionally, absenteeism has been viewed as an indicator of poor individual performance, as well as a… … Wikipedia
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… … Universalium
plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that… … Universalium
