parental combination
1Parental testing — is the use of genetic fingerprinting to determine whether two individuals have a biological parent child relationship. A paternity test establishes genetic proof as to whether a man is the biological father of an individual, and a maternity test… …
2Parental leave — Maternity leave redirects here. For the episode of Lost, see Maternity Leave (Lost). Histogram of countries by weeks paid maternity leave provided by law Parental leave is an employee benefit that provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for …
3closed mating system — a breeding programme in which no outside fish are allowed. This ensures the progeny are from a known parental combination …
4District Agricultural Farm, Taliparamba — Established in 1905, District Agricultural Farm, Kannur is one of the oldest farms in South India. Located at Taliparamba, this station was started by Sir Charles Alfred Barber at the behest of the Madras Government, based on the recommendation… …
5education — /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… …
6United 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… …
7human behaviour — Introduction the potential and expressed capacity for physical, mental, and social activity during the phases of human life. Human beings, like other animal species, have a typical life course that consists of successive phases of… …
8Life 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… …
9Social Security (Australia) — This article is about the system of welfare payments in Australia. For the general concept of providing welfare, see Social security. For other uses, see Social Security (disambiguation). Social Security, in Australia, refers to a system of… …
10speech disorder — n. any conspicuous speech imperfection, or variation from accepted speech patterns, caused either by a physical defect in the speech organs or by a mental disorder, as aphasia, stuttering, etc. * * * ▪ medicine Introduction any of the… …
