生物专业英语词汇（P-R）.pptVIP

 Primary macronutrients? ?elements that plants require in relatively large quantities: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.  Principle of segregation??mendel‘s first law; holds that each pair of factors of heredity separate during gamete formation so that each gamete receives one member of a pair.  Producers??the first level in a Food pyramid; consist of organisms that generate the food used by all other organisms in the Ecosystem; usually consist of plants making food by  Prokaryote??type of cell that lacks a membrane-bound Nucleus and has no membrane Organelles;  Promoter??the specific nucleotide sequence in DNA that marks the beginning of a gene. 启动子  Prophase??the first stage of Mitosis and Meiosis  Proteins??polymers made up of amino acids that perform a wide variety of cellular functions.  Purine one of the groups of nitrogenous bases that are part of a nucleotide. Purines are Adenine and Guanine, and are double-ring structures.  Pyrimidine one of the groups of nitrogenous bases that are part of a nucleotide. Pyrimidines are single ringed, and consist of the bases thymine (in DNA), uracil (replacing thymine in RNA), and Cytosine.  Race?a subdivision of a species that is capable of interbreeding with other members of the species. 品种 the human race Receptor protein on or protruding from the cell surface to which select chemicals can bind. The opiate receptor in Brain cells allows both the natural chemical as well as foreign (opiate) chemicals to bind. 受体 * *  Paleontology the study of ancient life by collection and analysis of Fossils. paleo-, pale-, or palaeo-, palae- =ancient 古生物学  Pancreas?胰?a gland in the abdominal cavity that secretes digestive Enzymes into the small intestine and also secretes the Horm