sterile
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The second protein, SARM1 -- short for Sterile Alpha and TIR Motif-containing 1 -- has long been linked to axon degeneration.
From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026
Sterile cabin procedures apply to anything below 10,000 feet, said independent aviation analyst Jose Suarez.
From Reuters • Aug. 26, 2022
Sterile workers in these societies take care of the queen because they are closely related to it, and as the queen has offspring, she is passing on genes from the workers indirectly.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Sterile by themselves, any two of these varieties together would produce a heavy fruit set for winter bird dispersal.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2018
Sterile and fertile flowers occupying different heads on the same plant; the fertile 1–3 together and sessile in the axil of leaves or bracts, at the base of the racemes or spikes of sterile heads.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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