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Elongate

Elongate

Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. An elongate form.

Origin: LL. Elongatus.


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What proportion is homozygous?

A hairy leaved, round ovary plant was selfed and the following progeny were obtained. 360 hairy, round; 113 hairy, elongate; 119 smooth, round 40 smooth, elongate What proportion of the hairy elongate plants are expected to be true breeding? Attempt at a solution: I can see that ...

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by buurenfanatic
Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:53 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: What proportion is homozygous?
Replies: 2
Views: 508

PCR question

... My question is WHY ?????? [Even though the helicase might unwound it slowly (as evident in DNA replication) it's not as if the DNA polymerase can elongate the growing DNA strand any faster (again refer to DNA replication), right?????]

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by thewax
Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:50 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: PCR question
Replies: 8
Views: 784

Mitosis and Meiosis

Yeah, but most plant cells 'grow'(elongate) when differentiating. I equate growth of the plant to mitosis and elongation of the cells. Here is an example of what happens when cell elongation occurs deficiently. Cell elongation is very important. ...

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by MrMistery
Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:19 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Mitosis and Meiosis
Replies: 19
Views: 3723

Re: God vs Evolution

... on a shelf about a meter above the main track layer. Unlike other alleged "man tracks" outside the park, many of which are forms of elongate dinosaur tracks, the State Park Shelf markings are not prints of any kind, but rather are erosional markings and other irregularities of the ...

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by MichaelXY
Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:50 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: God vs Evolution
Replies: 266
Views: 26828

How does the seed know which direction to sprout?

... the light. then there is a cell in the top of the stem that excretes a chemical called auxin, this moves away from the light and causes cells to elongate, so it causes the stem to "push" the stem toward the light. you can create an experiment showing this my setting up a jar with wet ...

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by dr. dugmore
Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:46 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: How does the seed know which direction to sprout?
Replies: 5
Views: 1593
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