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Ambiguity

Ambiguity

Origin: L. Ambiguitas, fr. Ambiguus: cf. F. Ambiguite.

The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression. No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be pursued. (i. Taylor) The words are of single signification, without any ambiguity. (South)


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Endosymbiosis = Hybridization Speciation?

... fit into its logical structure. In this case it has to read something like this or else the section on speciation becomes illogical and leads to ambiguity that makes it impossible to determine placement of organisms that are more of a hybrid than a classical symbiosis: Hybridization Speciation ...

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by GaryGaulin
Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:21 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Endosymbiosis = Hybridization Speciation?
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Re:

... we know today when they classified their terminology, therefore there will be variations to the popular accepted definition which causes this ambiguity. But to say that Biology is not a science is only an argument based on a lack of concise definition in some parts, not because it is undefinable ...

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by Jesse2504
Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:14 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Biology is not a science
Replies: 44
Views: 1359

A biochemical question

Thanks!!!!!! :) Looking back, does anyone think that this problem could have been worded better to avoid confusion and ambiguity? If so, could someone reword the question (and post it)??????

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by thewax
Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:40 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: A biochemical question
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Views: 798

What is life? (Seeking a physical signature for life)

... as a physical entity...even though emperical evidence denies the validity of such an assumption. This perhaps is the reason for disagreement and ambiguity when we try to define life. I hope I made my argument/hypothesis clear. You may perhaps need a little bit of knowledge on certain areas in ...

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by ragav.payne
Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:59 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is life? (Seeking a physical signature for life)
Replies: 9
Views: 855

Genomic Scan, Frequency & Distribution of SEED

Thank you for your time mith. I apologize for any ambiguity but we are nearly there I think, if only we could replace the "#replace matchpattern with your query sequence" into a print output which would include the start and end of the position ...

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by Kwak
Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:01 am
 
Forum: Bioinformatics
Topic: Genomic Scan, Frequency & Distribution of SEED
Replies: 6
Views: 1774
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