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| a plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances |
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| the primary photosynthetic pigment in algae and higher plants |
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| coloured compounds which absorb and transfer light energy to chlorophyll |
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| only having one set of chromosomes in a cell |
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| having two sets of chromosomes in a cell |
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| alternation of generations |
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| a life cycle in which there are two stages: (a) a diploid, sporophyte stage which produces haploid spores by meiosis, and (b) a haploid, gametophyte stage which produces haploid gametes of two types |
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| a form of sexual reproduction involving gametes of the same size |
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| relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect |
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| the transfer of genetic material between bacteria through direct cell-to-cell contact. |
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| Connecting tube that allows two individuals to fuse together temporarily in order to exchange micronuclear material |
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| a diploid cell resulting from the union of two haploid cells. |
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| A fungus and an alga (or a cyanobacterium) living in symbiotic association. |
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| a large group of flagellate protists. Most are marine plankton, but they are common in fresh water habitats as well. |
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| microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica |
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