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poorly

1. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.

2. With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business.

3. Meanly; without spirit. Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, That from his wars they poorly would retire. (Dryden)

4. Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly. Poorly off, not well off; not rich.


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Re: PCR

... number of repeats between individuals. Just looking at a single pair of primers, you target the same two loci in any human (unless the primers are poorly chosen and so there is off-target binding due to allelic variation). So, you prime at the locus of the forward primer target and prime at the ...

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by jonmoulton
Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:16 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: PCR
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Views: 1126

Animal cell nucleus shape changes

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by biohazard
Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:17 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Animal cell nucleus shape changes
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Views: 3996

RFLP Question

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by dustman
Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:05 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: RFLP Question
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Views: 1734

5 best proofs of evolution

... it (and here you in 1st person) made no claim that God did not exist. I don't care that you "support" evolution - the support of some poorly-educated pompous techncian is of no consequence. And do spare us the childish ad hominem - I repeated the science of the matter and offered no ...

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by JorgeLobo
Wed May 30, 2012 7:21 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: 5 best proofs of evolution
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Re: HELP! Cannot decide which Gram+, rod-shaped organism this is

Think you'd better try that Gram stain again. Among the species you offered is an anaerobic bacterium, one that grows poorly if at all on media neutral in pH, more than one that's nonmotile and a number that produce obvious spores.

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by JorgeLobo
Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:29 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: HELP! Cannot decide which Gram+, rod-shaped organism this is
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