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Dictionary » E » Earthworms Earthworms1. (Science: zoology) Any worm of the genus lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. Terrestris; many others are known; called also angleworm and dewworm. 2. A mean, sordid person; a niggard. ![]()
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Results from our forumRe: aneuploidy and polyploidy... for humans, and only normally observed in hermaphroditic animals and/or ones that undergo parthenogenesis like flatworms, shrimp, salamanders, earthworms... and that it is far more common in plants suggests that this condition has not been able to adapt to higher life forms and so, isn't as ...
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What are the limits of genetic engineeringGenetic engineering works because there is one language of life: human genes work in bacteria, monkey genes work in mice and earthworms. Tree genes work in bananas and frog genes work in rice. There is no limit in theory to the potential of genetic engineering.
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Re: Re:... particules of fertile ground (disinfected, for this purpose) or small particules of clay... Soil with no organic matter in it (bacteria, fungi, earthworms, decomposing material, humus) is infertile. Most of the vegetables we eat wouldn't grow in it. The point is that "fertile ground" ...
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Re: Re:... particules of fertile ground (disinfected, for this purpose) or small particules of clay... Soil with no organic matter in it (bacteria, fungi, earthworms, decomposing material, humus) is infertile. Most of the vegetables we eat wouldn't grow in it. The point is that "fertile ground" ...
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Sexual reproduction with only one sex?To give an example, earthworms have both "male" and "female" reproductive organs, but there aren't "male" and "female" earthworms, there's just the one sex: hermaphrodite. I assume that since ...
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