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Apical

Situated at an apex.apical

(Science: anatomy) Relating to or located at the tip (an apex). In relation to the apex of a stem in plants (the shoot tip).


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Stomach bloating and weight gain

... insulin into the blood, and not into the epithelial cells that make up the GI tract. I do not know if there is a receptor for the insulin on the apical side of the cells to transport the insulin across the cells and exocytose the insulin on the other side and into the blood. The cells were not ...

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by kolean
Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:43 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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Rate of Cell division in 4 regions of an onion root tip HELP

Hello there, I have to look at four regions of an onion root tip and rank which will have the fastest to slowest cell division rate: Root Cap, Apical Meristem, Zone of Elongation, and the Zone of Maturation. So far, I've come up with this: (1 being the fastest) Root Cap...............4 Apical ...

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by hullio1233
Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:12 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Rate of Cell division in 4 regions of an onion root tip HELP
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Views: 1117

CHimeras: layers or zones???

... and I especially logged in this forum, to get help! (English is not my first language, as you might guess...) Problem: chimeras A shoot apical meristem can be divided into 3 layers (LI, LII, LIII). Now all cells derive from those layers and they even keep the order, when the divide. ...

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by Megalodon
Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:32 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: CHimeras: layers or zones???
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Views: 635

Mitosis and Meiosis

so the protoderm, ground meristem and procambium are part of the apical meristem? That does explain why I understood it the wrong way: cause everywhere it said that the apical meristem is the region where mitosis occurs - and then it said what tissue each ...

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by MrMistery
Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:10 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Mitosis and Meiosis
Replies: 19
Views: 3712

Re: Mitosis and Meiosis

... it is unanimously secondary (or lateral) meristems. In either case all meristems divide and more rapidly than those of the promeristem - heart of apical meristem.

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by Cat
Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:57 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Mitosis and Meiosis
Replies: 19
Views: 3712
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