Glossary of terms used on this site

steady population size where birth rates and death rates are equal

larval stage in the early development of crustaceans

protective layer of glycoproteins on the mammalian egg

disease that primarily infects animals that is transmitted to humans

(also, conjugated fungi) phylum of fungi that form a zygote contained in a zygospore

structure with thick cell wall that contains the zygote in zygomycetes