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parameter

A variable whose measure is indicative of a quantity or function that cannot itself be precisely determined by direct methods, for example, blood pressure and pulse rate are parameters of cardiovascular function and the level of glucose in blood and urine is a parameter of carbohydrate metabolism.


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Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation

... are some things about intelligent beings that are universal… Evolution gets you to the same destination regardless of the initial conditions and parameters. Just as mathematics is universal in all places in the universe, so to would be the behaviors of intelligent beings. Finally, I ask you to ...

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by jeremyo
Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:12 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation
Replies: 3
Views: 133

Western Blot from an Agarose gel...?

... gel (except maybe that it is too thick to fit into a western transfer machine), but I think you would have a very hard time figuring out the right parameters (current, voltage, time) at which to transfer it.

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by MrMistery
Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:20 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Western Blot from an Agarose gel...?
Replies: 3
Views: 97

Re: barnacle ditribution

... assume that the amount of exposure to air/saline might be the most obvious and influential intermittent factor that would creature different niche parameters that a single taxon may or may not benefit from (further affecting speciation, biogeography, and ecology/behavior). 3: B: Keystone species ...

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by Zach
Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:55 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: barnacle ditribution
Replies: 4
Views: 776

Microevolution and Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium

... and Weinberg, by imagining the conditions under which a population would NOT evolve, threw a light on the mechanisms of change, including some parameters that hadn't been considered much. It's not supposed to be a real situation.

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by Darby
Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:48 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Microevolution and Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium
Replies: 4
Views: 165

Homework question that I must be over-thinking.

... they aren't (a lot of science is based on the idea that you aren't really wrong, you just need to look at it differently)? It is an odd set of parameters - testis cells come in a variety of sizes all by themselves, it's how you tell what stage they're in...

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by Darby
Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:07 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Homework question that I must be over-thinking.
Replies: 2
Views: 732
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