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Extremophile
An extremophile is an organism adapted to unusual limits of one or more abiotic factors in the environment. So...

Stomata
Stomata are minute aperture structures on plants found typically on the outer leaf skin layer, also known as t...

Epigenetics: The Science of Change
Researchers, physicians, and others have investigated the dark crevices of the gene, trying to untangle clues...

Edenic Period
Definition The Edenic Period is a span of time in which prehistoric speciation and extinction rates w...

Welwitschia
The Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) is a gymnosperm relict plant endemic to the Namib Desert. The species ...

Pliocene
Editor's note: The Pliocene is the period of the geologic timescale that spans the era from approximately 5.33...

Cactus
Cactus is a family of plants that are specially adapted to survive arid conditions, most often having leaves r...

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