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Capacity

power or ability to hold, retain or contain or the ability to absorb.

Origin: L. Capacitas, from capere = to take


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why do we yawn???

... we yawn because oxygen levels in our lungs are low. Studies have shown that during normal, at-rest breathing, we don’t use anywhere near our lung capacity; for the most part, we just use the air sacs at the bottom of the lungs. If the air sacs, called alveoli, don’t get fresh air, they partially ...

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by santana8
Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:27 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: why do we yawn???
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Views: 13921

Survivorship curve

... may only allow the organism to reproduce once. A competitive environment may also only allow it to reproduce once. So despite it having the capacity to mate multiple times, it may be the norm for only one mating per lifetime. The difficulty of mating again (which may be deferred to the few ...

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by plasmodesmata11
Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:18 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Survivorship curve
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Views: 578

Population Genetics Lab (Palladino)

... brown, 25% white and 25% black genotype frequencies; equal allele frequencies, equal proportions of ea tree type, one tree stand, 4000 carrying capacity, random mating, disaster frequency "never". Based on these conditions, does ea moth genotype have an equal chance of survival or ...

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by overthehead
Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:39 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Population Genetics Lab (Palladino)
Replies: 0
Views: 253

Re: Behaviour of Amoebozoans

... (Physarum polycephalum, Hyperamoeba dachnaya and Hyperamoeba sp.), we obtained new broad-range perspectives on the evolution and biosynthetic capacity of this assemblage. Together with genome sequences for the amoebozoans Dictyostelium discoideum and Entamoeba histolytica, and including partial ...

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by sara135
Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:51 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Behaviour of Amoebozoans
Replies: 28
Views: 9693

Are the cells in are body constantly being renewed

... what about survial of the fittest.... All depends on your immunity system and the function it carries out.... T cells B cells etc end of thinking capacity....:D

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by vinayaksabnis
Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:17 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are the cells in are body constantly being renewed
Replies: 11
Views: 995
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