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Ammon's horn Together with the dentate gyrus, Ammon's horn is a component ...	Amniotic fluid Amniotic fluid is a sterile, clear, watery liquid which ...
Amoeba Amoebae are unicellular, eukaryotic, living beings that used ...	Amylopectin Polysaccharide. A polysaccharide is a branched polymer of ...
Anabolism Anabolism is the phase of metabolism during which large ...	Aneuploidy Aneuploidy is an abnormality of the the set of chromosomes ...
Antibiotic sensitivity profile An antibiotic sensitivity profile is an analytical method ...	Antioxidants Antioxidants are molecules or a group of molecules which can ...
Antiport An antiport protein is a type of transporter protein which ...	Anus The anus is part of the digestive system. Function of the ...
Archaea These organisms have long been grouped with bacteria in the ...	Arginine Arginine (Arg or R) is an amino acid present in proteins. ...
Asparagine Asparagine (Asn or N) is one of the 22 amino acids contained ...	Aspartame Aspartame is a dipeptide used as a sweetening ...
Aspartic acid Aspartic acid (Asp, D or aspartate) is one of the 22 amino ...	Autapomorphy In phylogenetics, an autapomorphic feature is a developed ...
Autopoiesis Autopoiesis comes from the Greek for (self) and (poiesis) ...	Autotrophic Autotrophic describes some living organisms (plants or ...
Autotrophism Autotrophism is the ability to produce organic matter by ...	Auxin Auxin is indole-acetic acid (IAA). Auxin is the hormone ...