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(Science: ecology) A body of standing water which is smaller than a lake, often artifically formed.


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The end of creation?

It is very unlikely. Simply because there are no more nice warm pond (or deep sea vent or anything for that matter) that is not already teeming with life. The kind of life that have evolved for the last 3 or 4 billion years to use all the energy available ...

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by canalon
Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:39 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: The end of creation?
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Why are people so in love with tetrapods?

... would watch for a while but would quickly get bored. My favourite tanks, though, are ones where vertebrates were not allowed. I'll go to a pond and scoop up buckets of mud from the bottom, put the mud in a tank of water, let it settle for a few days, then go back and collect whatever creatures ...

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by wbla3335
Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:03 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Why are people so in love with tetrapods?
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Why are people so in love with tetrapods?

... to be the star attractions, while the actual fish in the aquarium got second-place in most people's eyes. This is unfortunate, since the alligator pond had many beautiful fish in it, but I think I might've been the only person who even bothered to look at them and not at the gator. Same goes for ...

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by alextemplet
Fri May 15, 2009 11:44 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Why are people so in love with tetrapods?
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Views: 616

Can you use mtDNA to...

... type the mtDNA (sequencing, RFLP, SSCP) to get maternal information, and find a variable region of the male sex chromosome (that has no corresponding region on the female sex chromosome - is this possible in your species?) to get paternal information. Whether this would be enough, I don't ...

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by wbla3335
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:54 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Can you use mtDNA to...
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diffusion and osmosis. help me please?

... turned yellow orange after heated (positive glucose test) d. [im not sure with this one] yes, the bag became heavier 4. examine the elodea in pond water under a microscope. sketch and label some typical cells in the space provided in this activity. describe the cell position of the chloroplasts ...

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by lanzshade
Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:50 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: diffusion and osmosis. help me please?
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