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Dissect

Dissect

1. (Science: anatomy) to divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.

2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely. This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample. (Atterbury)

Origin: L. Dissectus, p. P. Of dissecare; dis- _ secare to cut. See section.


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Mutagenesis e UV

... powers offered : 9W, 11W, 36W. The question is : which power would be best? On a more practical approach: for seeds with opaque teguments, am I to dissect them to let the UV light pass through the inner cells, or is it able to go through naturally? Many thanks for your help and experience, Rémi T.

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by Dhyâna
Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:07 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Mutagenesis e UV
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Views: 240

help for neuroblastoma research

... neuroblastomas originated from mycn transgenic mouse often start from gangalion tissue in the abdomen. Cause this tissue is very tiny. I want to dissect this tissue for RT-PCR but I failed. Does someone know some information about the dissection or maybe some company can sell this kind of tissue. ...

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by hp672001
Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:16 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: help for neuroblastoma research
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Views: 420

PETA

Why would you dissect the animal alive? Aren't those kinds of experiments done on animals that have died of natural causes? PETA is against animal brutality, they just take it to a different level. It gets to be kind of rediculous. ...

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by Jones
Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:34 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PETA
Replies: 53
Views: 2847

Re: PETA

... problem... How about if your studying anatomy and you would want to find out how certain system inside an animal's body would work and decided to dissect it alive. I know thats brutality. but thats how we do it. is there any way to relieve the organism from suffering so much without killing it ...

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by volcob
Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:52 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PETA
Replies: 53
Views: 2847

Frog Dissection

Yeah, using animals to dissect them is cruel.I'm happy I haven't got to do this during my medicine studies. We dissect human bodies.

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by Dustfinger
Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:13 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Frog Dissection
Replies: 5
Views: 4257
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