Terms Related to Specific Pathogen-Free Organism

• Edible Plants

  An organism of the vegetable kingdom suitable by nature for use as a food, especially by human beings. Not all parts of any given plant …

• Sex (Genetics) Determination

  Process in a given organism, by which the sex genotype is fixed. In humans, sex is established at the time of fertilization by the presence …

• Non-Specific Immunity

  The capacity of a normal organism to remain unaffected by microorganisms and their toxins. It results from non-specific mechanisms such as genetic endowment, naturally occurring …

• Diving

  An activity in which the organism plunges into water. It includes scuba and bell diving. Diving as natural behavior of animals goes here, as well …