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Emitted light, the product of bioluminescence, forms a portion of the coloration of some organisms.

Important rivers in the region include the Schelde, Dender, Dijle, Nete, Rupel, Yser, and Meuse, the last of which forms a portion of the border with the Netherlands.

The southern part of the province forms a portion of the southwestern highland and basin area, which is characterized by double-cropping, wet-field agriculture, and forestry production.

Devi Mahatmya, Sanskrit text, written about the 5th or 6th century ce, that forms a portion of a larger work known as the Markandeya-purana.

The work described in this paper forms a portion of an on-going fundamental study of coaxial jet noise both statically and in flight.

The blind- (bottom-) side frontal bone shifts to the ocular (upper) side and forms a portion of the optic capsule floor for the upper eye.

It then veers southeast and then northeast, forming a portion of the border with Andhra Pradesh state.

Cells of the dorsal vegetal region of the cleaved egg induce neighboring cells to form a portion of the organizer, as demonstrable by cell transplantation experiments.

With the building of the Suez Canal, the strait assumed great strategic and economic importance, forming a portion of the link between the Mediterranean Sea and East Asia.

She is a Native American, whose members form a portion of the US active duty forces (1.7%) that is twice as large as their proportion of the US population (0.8%).

These questions form a portion of a new book on India, "An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions," by two economists, Jean Drèze, an Indian citizen of Belgian origin, and Amartya Sen, who was awarded the Nobel in economic science in 1998.