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Bristles

Bristle-shaped

Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf.


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How do we decide on the origins of certain strctures?

... thought to be modified scales because the two are generated from the skin in very different ways - feathers are thought to have originated as bristles or hairs that sometimes grow from between scales (I think that makes them homologous more to hair than scales).

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by Darby
Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:33 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: How do we decide on the origins of certain strctures?
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Gene Mapping

Singed Bristles (sn), crossvienless wings(cv) and vermillion eye colour(v) are due to recessive mutant alleles of three x linked genes in drosphilia melanogaster. When a female heterozygous for each of the three genes was testcrossed ...

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by sez123
Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:44 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Gene Mapping
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earthworm questions

... ______. (no eyes, male organs, female organs, male and female organs) Instead of eyes, worms have very sensitive ______. another name for the tiny bristles that worms use to move themselves with is ______. (segments, setae, saddles, mucus) the activity in worms in the soil could be compared to ...

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by smilesfromhvn807
Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:11 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: earthworm questions
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The Fiber Disease

... were obtained from the superficial radial nerves of volunteers. All units were excited by stimulating their receptive fields with von Frey bristles (range 10-600 mN), and all but four units were also driven by radiant heat stimulation. 3. Histamine was iontophoretically applied to the receptive ...

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by London
Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:35 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... Records back to 1864 on this. And Morgellons might be the name, since no records from 1600s on. the bristles are what keyed me into this. In the original Morgellons hairlike structures were pulled out of the children. 123, Morgellons history itself ...

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by Skytroll
Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:00 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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