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Analogy

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(evolutionary biology) Structural or behavioural similarity in terms of functions between unrelated species or organisms but do not share a common ancestral or developmental origin


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Word origin: from Greek analogia (ratio, correspondence)

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BAP, brassinolide, triacontanol, Amino, kelp foliar question

... look like a fool. Of course no one will look like a fool buying and using high purity Triacontanol for growing plants. What mentioned is just an analogy of what I am trying to say. May or may not be an accurate analogy but sometimes it is easier to illustrate an abstract idea by analogy with ...

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by Maton
Sat Dec 22, 2012 3:21 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: BAP, brassinolide, triacontanol, Amino, kelp foliar question
Replies: 15
Views: 11706

Chemiosmosis

... much the same aim, i.e. production of energy by ATPase. One can thing about it as being flipped (inside-out) in comparison to mitochondria or as analogy with cristae being stroma. One more thing that came to my mind. RuBISCO is activated by increase of Mg2+ concentration. I'm not sure how this ...

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by JackBean
Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:56 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Chemiosmosis
Replies: 5
Views: 1302

Protein structure

Here an analogy to help you understand: Take your name signature (cursive) for both last and first name. First level: straighten the signature and you get two lines, which would be the polypeptide (peptide chain). Second level: ...

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by akatalitha
Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:22 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Protein structure
Replies: 4
Views: 8175

Synthetitic genetic screening in yeast

... car. So, if you were to lose the key, you can still get into a car but not drive it (let's call it a different phenotype). Let's for purposes of analogy also equate being unable to access the car with lethal phenotype (as car is useless). Now, in this situation you need to lose BOTH key and alarm ...

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by Cat
Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:51 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Synthetitic genetic screening in yeast
Replies: 4
Views: 1620

Re: Theories - Origin of Life

... 6? I’ve tried to make this point several times… ...I'm quite sure I was talking about something completely different, specifically mutations. The analogy is meant to show that if there is a small chance of something, then you can be very certain of getting lucky if you try enough times. You can ...

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by Nick7
Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:26 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
Replies: 548
Views: 534353
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