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- V2 receptors
- class of vasopressin (ADH) receptor
- Vaccine
- Preparation of dead or weakened pathogens, or their products, which when introduced into the body, stimulates the production of protective T cells and/or antibodies without causing the disease.[Discussion] [flu vaccines] [against AIDS]
- Vacuoles, in plant cells
- Vagus nerves
- [effect on the heart]
- Valence
- Number of electrons gained, lost, or shared by an atom in bonding to one or more other atoms. [Discussion] [types of chemical bonds between atoms]
- Valine
- Variant surface glycoprotein (VSG)
- of trypanosomes
- Variation, continuous
- Vascular
- Containing vessels that conduct liquid.
- Vasectomy
- Surgical removal of a portion of each vas deferens, thus preventing the addition of sperm to the semen.A common method of birth control for men. Sometimes the operation can be reversed, but don't count on it.
- Vasopressin
- arginine vasopressin, the antidiuretic hormone
- V(D)J Joining
- Vector
- (1) An animal (e.g., an insect) that transmits a parasite. [Example] Reducing the population of a vector is often a good way to lower the incidence of the disease it transmits. (2) In genetic engineering, a virus or plasmid that carries a molecule of recombinant DNA into a cell, thus transforming it. [retroviral vectors] [adeno-associated virus (AAV) as a vector]
- Ventral tegmental area (VTA)
- Vertebrate
- Any backboned animal. Includes fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. [Discussion] [Comparative kidney structure and function]
- Vestigial
- Term applied to a degenerate or incompletely developed structure which was more fully developed at an earlier stage of the organism and/or its ancestors.
- Vg1
- Vibrio cholerae
- Viking
- [Missions to Mars]
- Virion
- Viroids
- Viruses
- [general discussion] [latent] [RNA]
- Virusoids
- Viscera
- Organs in the body cavity.
- Vision
- [in humans] [processing visual information] [in insects] [ultraviolet]
- Vitamin
- [in human nutrition] [Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs)]
- Vitamin K
- Vitaxin
- Vitreous body
- Viviparous
- Having embryos that develop to adult form within the mother's body while securing most of their nourishment from the mother's tissues rather than from the yolk of the egg.
- von Frisch, K.
- von Willebrand Factor (vWF)