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GMC [5 records]

Record 1 2011-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • The Skin
DEF

A cell that divides to form the pair of crescent-shaped epidermal cells immediately surrounding the stomatal pore and forming the stoma.

CONT

A second unequal division gave rise to the guard mother cell(GMC), the smaller of the two derivatives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Appareil cutané
CONT

La cellule initiale donne naissance à la cellule-mère du stomate après une seule division inégale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

The Director General is a member of the Policy Group's General Management Committee(GMC) and contributes actively to formulation of corporate policies, initiatives and deliberations on issues affecting the management of the Policy Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
CONT

A number of studies performed in the last ten or so years have found that commercial plants exchange genetic material with wild relatives in their vicinity with considerable regularity. But now one of the first studies of what actually happens to a transgene when it moves from a genetically modified cultivar into a wild population indicates that such transfers need not have a major environmental impact.

CONT

Release of a genetically modified cultivar in regions which that cultivar has many wild relatives could see hybridisation between the cultivar and wild relatives.

OBS

genetically modified cultivar; GMC : term and abbreviation extracted from the Glossaire de l'agriculture anglais/français and reproduced with the authorization of the OECD.

Key term(s)
  • genetically-modified cultivar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
OBS

Depuis 1961, les obtentions végétales (les variétés végétales nouvelles, c'est-à-dire tout cultivar, génétiquement modifié ou non) sont reconnues par l'Union pour la protection des obtentions végétales (UPOV).

OBS

cultivar génétiquement modifié : terme extrait du Glossaire de l'agriculture anglais/français et reproduit avec l'autorisation de l'OCDE.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
CONT

Mortgage backed securities are "pooled" of NHA-insured first mortgages on Canadian residential properties(guaranteed by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation). They will be sold to the public in the form of guaranteed mortgage certificate(GMC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
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Record 5 1978-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation Equipment (General)
CONT

Alex Foulds, Counsellor at the Kenora GMC has noted that the Griffith Mine at Ear Falls, Ontario has 27 women working in non-traditional jobs such as euclid drivers, furnace attendants and oilers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipements de transport
OBS

D'après General Motors, Euclid dont le nom actuel est Perex Division, fabriquerait des tracteurs à chenille, des poids lourds, etc.

OBS

Il s'agit là d'une suggestion basée sur l'explication donnée par General Motors.

Spanish

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