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Strain (biology)

Index Strain (biology)

In biology, a strain is a low-level taxonomic rank used at the intraspecific level (within a species). [1]

23 relations: Antigenic drift, Antigenic shift, Bacteria, Biology, Chinese hamster ovary cell, Cultivar, Fungus, Genetic engineering, Genetic isolate, Genetics, Inbreeding, Influenza, Lineal descendant, Microbiota, Mouse, Mutation, Nucleic acid sequence, Race (biology), Rat, Rice, Species, Taxonomic rank, Virus.

Antigenic drift

Antigenic drift is a mechanism for variation in viruses that involves the accumulation of mutations within the genes that code for antibody-binding sites.

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Antigenic shift

Antigenic shift is the process by which two or more different strains of a virus, or strains of two or more different viruses, combine to form a new subtype having a mixture of the surface antigens of the two or more original strains.

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Bacteria

Bacteria (common noun bacteria, singular bacterium) is a type of biological cell.

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Biology

Biology is the natural science that studies life and living organisms, including their physical structure, chemical composition, function, development and evolution.

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Chinese hamster ovary cell

Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are an epithelial cell line derived from the ovary of the Chinese hamster, often used in biological and medical research and commercially in the production of therapeutic proteins.

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Cultivar

The term cultivarCultivar has two denominations as explained in Formal definition.

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Fungus

A fungus (plural: fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

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Genetic engineering

Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the direct manipulation of an organism's genes using biotechnology.

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Genetic isolate

A genetic isolate is population of organisms that has little genetic mixing with other organisms within the same species.

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.

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Inbreeding

Inbreeding is the production of offspring from the mating or breeding of individuals or organisms that are closely related genetically.

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Influenza

Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus.

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Lineal descendant

A lineal descendant, in legal usage, is a blood relative in the direct line of descent – the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc.

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Microbiota

A microbiota is an "ecological community of commensal, symbiotic and pathogenic microorganisms" found in and on all multicellular organisms studied to date from plants to animals.

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Mouse

A mouse (Mus), plural mice, is a small rodent characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail and a high breeding rate.

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Mutation

In biology, a mutation is the permanent alteration of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA or other genetic elements.

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Nucleic acid sequence

A nucleic acid sequence is a succession of letters that indicate the order of nucleotides forming alleles within a DNA (using GACT) or RNA (GACU) molecule.

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Race (biology)

In biological taxonomy, race is an informal rank in the taxonomic hierarchy, below the level of subspecies.

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Rat

Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents in the superfamily Muroidea.

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Rice

Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice).

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Taxonomic rank

In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy.

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Virus

A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strain_(biology)

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