More astonishing than the difference between the length of the lists of Old World's and New World's domesticated animals is the difference between the lengths of the lists of infectious diseases native to the two.
Fetal Hemoglobin Test. Definition. Fetal hemoglobin (Hemoglobin F), Alkali-resistant hemoglobin, HBF (or Hb F), is the major hemoglobin component in the bloodstream of the fetus. After birth, it decreases rapidly until only traces are found in normal children and adults. Purpose.
Insecticide resistance. Insecticide resistance. The development by insects of resistance to insecticide. The ability of an insect to withstand the effects of an insecticide by becoming resistant to its toxic effects by means of natural selection and mutations. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page.