Article: gametophyte
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      63 words ......the gamete-producing and usually haploid phase, producing the zygote from which the sporophyte arises. It is the dominant form in bryophytes. DERIVATIVES: ga·me·to·phyt·ic / gəˌmētəˈfitik...

Article: Mendel, Gregor
Genetics;      700+ words ......wrinkled-producing factor is recessive. If two recessive factors are present, the organism will display...factors and 0.5r be the proportion of recessive factors. Multiplying (0.5D + 0.5r) times...means one-quarter will have both recessive factors. Since both the D 2 and Dr ...

Article: heterozygote
World Encyclopedia;      46 words ......contrasting forms ( alleles ) of a gene in a chromosome pair. In cases where one form is dominant and the other recessive, only the dominant form is expressed in the phenotype (physical characteristics). A homozygote has identical forms of a gene.

Article: ballade
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature;      66 words ......line as refrain, and usually an envoy addressed to a prince or his substitute; e.g. Chaucer's Compleynt of Venus . It was a dominant form in 14th- and 15th-cent. French poetry. The form enjoyed a minor English revival in the late 19th cent. in the work of Swinburne...

Article: sporophyte
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      61 words ......alternating generations) the asexual and usually diploid phase, producing spores from which the gametophyte arises. It is the dominant form in vascular plants, e.g., the frond of a fern. DERIVATIVES: spo·ro·phyt·ic / ˌspôrəˈ...

Article: medusa
A Dictionary of Biology;      74 words ......In the Hydrozoa (e.g. Hydra ) they alternate in the life cycle with polyps , from which they are produced by budding. In the Scyphozoa, which includes all the common jellyfish, the medusa is the dominant form and the polyp is reduced or absent.

Article: Johnson has 5 shutout innings in Tigers' 1-0 win
AP Online;  March 10, 2009 ;     51 words ...Josh Johnson maintained his dominant form for the Florida Marlins. Johnson, projected to be Florida's No. 2 starter, allowed five hits over five innings in the Marlins...

Article: The Rise and Demise of Black Theology.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Reference & Research Book News;  August 1, 2006 ;     94 words ...0754632563 The rise and demise of Black theology. Kee, Alistair. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2006 217 pages $89.95 Hardcover BT82 The dominant form of Black theology emerged in the 1960s and 1970s as a movement that displayed courage and creativity, says Kee (religious...

Article: music-halls
The Oxford Companion to British History;      338 words ......1914 from picture houses and after 1922 from radio. They have been subjected to deadening Marxist analysis as ‘the dominant form of cultural production in the context of a modernizing capitalist society’ and were indeed socially conditioned, since...

Article: Collingham and Bardsey square up.
Harrogate Advertiser (Harrogate, England);  August 11, 2006 ;     358 words ......Aire Wharfe Division B when league leaders Collingham welcome rivals Bardsey (1.30pm start). Collingham have continued their dominant form all season but their opponents have had a far more inconsistent 2006. Bardsey captain Andy Bowes returns to lead his troops...

Article: Brahmanism
A Dictionary of Buddhism;      82 words ......early phase in Indian religion (roughly 800 ce to 500 ce) in which ritual sacrifices offered by the priestly caste were the dominant form of orthodox religious practice. The term thus denotes the early form of the religion subsequently known to the West as...

Article: How Zen Became Zen: The Dispute over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China.(Brief article)(Book review)
Reference & Research Book News;  August 1, 2008 ;     122 words ......the Song dynasty, 960-1279, explains Schl:utter (religious studies, U. of Iowa), Chan, now Zen, Buddhism grew to become the dominant form of elite monastic Buddhism in China, and within that period--during the 12th century--a conflict erupted between the Linji...

Article: Cleethorpes tester for 'Gate.
Harrogate Advertiser (Harrogate, England);  August 11, 2006 ;     290 words ......Cleethorpes tomorrow (1pm start). Cleethorpes will prove a much sterner task with skipper Bill Kirby and James Osmond in dominant form with the bat this season. Dave Pennett's men will be anxious for a positive display at the seaside in preparation for two...

Article: Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community.(Brief article)(Book review)
School Administrator;  August 1, 2007 ;     305 words ......underlying premise held by many educators in 1996 was that students were expected to comply with the teacher's expectations as the dominant form of classroom control. Alfie Kohn's first edition of Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community presented a new approach...