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41somatic — 1. Relating to the soma or trunk, the wall of the body cavity, or the body in general. SYN: parietal (2). 2. Relating to or involving the skeleton or skeletal (voluntary) muscle and the inn …
42Mary Jane West-Eberhard — Fields Eusociality; Sexual selection; Phenotypic plasticity Institutions Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute …
43Stern , Curt — (1902–1981) German–American geneticist Born at Hamburg in Germany, Stern received his PhD in zoology from the University of Berlin in 1923. He spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow with T.H. Morgan at Columbia before being appointed… …
44somatic — adj. 1) relating to the nonreproductive parts of the body. A somatic mutation cannot be inherited. 2) relating to the body wall (i.e. excluding the viscera), e.g. somatic mesoderm. Compare: splanchnic 3) relating to the body rather than the mind …
45worker — work•er [[t]ˈwɜr kər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that works 2) a laborer or employee: steel workers[/ex] 3) ent a member of a caste of sexually underdeveloped, nonreproductive bees, ants, wasps, or termites, specialized to collect food and… …
46heterogynous — [het΄ər äj′ə nəs] adj. [ HETERO + GYNOUS] having two kinds of females, reproductive and nonreproductive, as ants or bees …
47algae — noun primitive chlorophyll containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑alga • Derivationally related forms: ↑algal (for: ↑alga) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
