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overlap

1. The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.

2. (Science: geology) An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.


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Re: Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation

... at least concede that evolutionary psychology contains a component of biology. Edward O Wilson's book Consilience explains how disciplines often overlap in order to create new fields that can make significant contributions to knowledge that affect the constituent disciplines. I disagree with ...

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by jeremyo
Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:39 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation
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Re: What is the most poisonous snake in da world?

... snake species you would have to construct a fairly elaborate algorithm. You would have to take into account snake population ratios and their overlap with major human population centers. You would also have to factor toxicity levels, number of victims bitten who survived, propensity for the ...

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by Jasper903
Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:08 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: What is the most poisonous snake in da world?
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Back to school for B.S. in Biology?

Thanks for the replies everyone! jonmoulton, I like the idea of getting the BA chem. There is a lot of overlap between the chem and bio degrees at my university. They also offer a BA in chem with biochemistry emphasis, which overlaps even more. I'll look into the possibility ...

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by Jzen
Sat May 09, 2009 4:38 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Back to school for B.S. in Biology?
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Views: 744

Quick Question-

... by Phil Holler and Jianzhu Chen, MIT). The 5 codon amino acid degeneracy library in CDR3α of the 2C TCR (GFASA, positions 99–103) was created by overlap extension PCR. SOE-PCR-overlap regions between two preSOE products are underlined. AgeI upstream primer, sense strand: 5′ GGAATTAGATCCACCGGTCGCCGCCATGCTCCTGGACTCCTCCCAGTGCTGGGG ...

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by vithuramaharajah
Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:55 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Quick Question-
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Views: 467

Sequencing

... If your sequences are too short, it will be nearimpossible to get a consensus because they won't differ enough to provide enough significant overlap. Sequences the size of a PCR primer (for the exact same reason) would probably be the minimum to assemble something.

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by canalon
Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:09 pm
 
Forum: Bioinformatics
Topic: Sequencing
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Views: 638
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