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Periphery

periphery

Origin: L. Peripheria, Gr.; around _ to bear, carry: cf. F. Peripherie.

1. The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.

2. (Science: geometry) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.


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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... would be originals around no matter which population the mutation was in. Though variations could happen, mutations would tend to stay on the periphery as they do today, unless they give an environmental advantage. Today many variations within a genus are neutral as far as environmental advantage. ...

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by AFJ
Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:01 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Views: 16283

Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?

... doctrines--eschatology (the study of end times) being one of them. There are essential doctrines for the salvation of the soul and then there are periphery doctrines in which we might in part err but will not disqualify us from a heavenly entrance. For instance, no matter what denomination we ...

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by AFJ
Sun May 17, 2009 5:11 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
Replies: 106
Views: 16666

T cell differentiation

... they continue to mature (including T cell receptor assembly, psoitive and negative selection, double CD4+/CD8+ phase etc.) and then move to the periphery, where the last maturation events take place. In the thymus and the periphery the cells do not divide actively, but when they have reached ...

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by biohazard
Fri May 08, 2009 6:53 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: T cell differentiation
Replies: 12
Views: 2252

T cell differentiation

... but recognizes foreign ones sufficiently). RTEs are naive T cells in a sense that they are yet to encounter their specific antigen in the periphery. Furthermore, they are not yet deviated into any T helper or T effector subtype. What exactly determines the final outcome of the T cell phenotype ...

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by biohazard
Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:43 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: T cell differentiation
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Views: 2252

Does anything affect absorption spectrum of chlorophyll?

... II absorbs at 680 nm, while chl a in photosystem I absorbs at 700 nm (here I mean the molecules in the center of each photosystem, the ones on the periphery would absorb at slightly shorter wavelengths). Now, anthocian pigments should not influence chl absorption even in vivo, let alone in solution. ...

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by MrMistery
Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:17 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Does anything affect absorption spectrum of chlorophyll?
Replies: 9
Views: 2132
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