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Ga
Ga, black African ethnic group, SE Ghana. The Ga speak a Kwa language and, together with the closely related Adangme, number over 1 million. Inheritance and succession to public office are determined mostly by patrilineal descent. According to their oral traditions, the Ga came from the region of Lake Chad and migrated into present-day Ghana beginning in the 16th cent. They established Great Accra (near modern Accra) as their capital. The Ga were on friendly terms with Danish traders in the mid-17th cent. Between 1677 and 1681 they were conquered by the Akwamu state, and in 1742 the Ashanti gained control over them. In 1874 the Ga were incorporated into the British Gold Coast colony.
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Ga
Ga, symbol for the element gallium.
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gallium

Metallic chemical element, chemical symbol Ga, atomic number 31. Silvery white and soft enough to be cut with a knife, gallium has an unusually low melting point (about 30 °C [86 °F]), which allows it to liquefy in the palm of the hand. The liquid metal clings to or wets glass and similar surfaces. Gallium expands on solidification and supercools readily, remaining liquid at temperatures as low as 0 °C (32 °F). In various combinations with aluminum, indium, phosphorus, arsenic, and antimony, it forms compounds (e.g., gallium arsenide and indium gallium arsenide phosphide) with valuable semiconductor and optoelectronic properties; some of these compounds form the basis for such electronic devices as light-emitting diodes and semiconductor lasers.

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16,17-Dihydro Gibberellin A^sub 5^ Competitively Inhibits a Recombinant Arabidopsis GA 3[beta]-Hydroxylase Encoded by the GA4 Gene
Jun 01, 2004; Ring D-modified gibberellin (GA) A^sub 5^ and A^sub 20^ derivatives are structurally similar to GA^sub 20^ and GA^sub 9^ (the...
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GA Financial Announces First Quarter 2004 Dividend; All Regulatory Approvals for Merger with First Commonwealth Have Been Received.
Apr 01, 2004; GA Financial, Inc. ( GA Financial ), the parent company of Great American Federal, today announced that the Board of Directors...
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Registration of `GA-Luttrell Barley.
Nov 01, 1998; `GA-Luttrell' barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) (Reg. no. CV-274, PI 602058) is a winter feed cultivar developed at the University of...
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The DELLA Domain of GA INSENSITIVE Mediates the Interaction with the GA INSENSITIVE DWARF1A Gibberellin Receptor of Arabidopsis(W)
Apr 01, 2007; Gibberellic acid (GA) promotes seed germination, elongation growth, and flowering time in plants. GA responses are repressed by...
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Registration of `GA 161' cotton. (Registration Of Cultivars).
Nov 01, 2001; `GA 161' cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L) (Reg. no. CV-117, PI 612959) was developed by the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station...
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