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open-field chamber

an enclosed space in which research animals can move freely while their ambulatory and defecatory behavior is observed and measured. See also animal open-field behavior.

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exon

exon

n. a sequence of DNA within a gene that encodes a part or all of the gene’s product or function. Exons are separated by noncoding sequences (see intron).