Who Are the Termites? What Did Researchers Learn About Them

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Who are the Termites? What did researchers learn about them?

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Definitions:

Somatic Cell Lines

Cultures derived from non-reproductive body cells used in research and medical treatments.

Meiosis

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, creating four haploid cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell and from each other.

Gametes

Gametes are reproductive cells (sperm in males and eggs in females) that fuse during fertilization to form a zygote, initiating the development of a new organism.

RNA Interference

In this biological process, RNA molecules counteract gene expression or translation by neutralizing particular mRNA molecules.