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Regeneration

regeneration

The natural renewal of a structure, as of a lost tissue or part.

Origin: L. Generare = to produce, bring to life Feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input.


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Fascinating Creatures

... the fascinating, weird and bizarre creatures that are out there in the world. That may be animals that possess special "abilitys" like regeneration (for example, the Axolotl) or that are simply queer looking, like the spiny bush viper. Im really thankfull for every link, picture, page ...

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by PrimalLegion
Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:46 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Fascinating Creatures
Replies: 4
Views: 2018

organs shape

... That was more so about size of organs; this goes into patterns of growth: "An attractive hypothesis put forward based on a previous model of regeneration postulates that the individual cells of an organ primordium measure the concentration gradients of specific signaling molecules, such as ...

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by animus
Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:41 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: organs shape
Replies: 1
Views: 2142

Re: Herbivores without predators

... 3lizards that feed on plants) Herbivore extinction may be a likely outcome and has ecological sense. But this will not happen if you set plant regeneration rate to be higher enough than herbivore increase. This is not unconceivable in islands inhabited by herbivorous lizards because they are ...

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by marquitosgm
Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:11 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Herbivores without predators
Replies: 19
Views: 8333

Mitosis vs. Meiosis in animals spec. Humans also

... on the subject matter. (beware, I am new to posting within the forum :) On the topic of Mitosis: I understand this process is used during regeneration, growth, cell duplication, healing things to this effect. On the topic of Meiosis: I understand this process to be used during fertilization. ...

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by luckyyou13
Sun May 08, 2011 11:16 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mitosis vs. Meiosis in animals spec. Humans also
Replies: 2
Views: 2009

Possible Cure for Cancer

... Each time a cell divides in our body, we are primed for a mutation to occur. Now on top of all my studying epigenetics (actually I am looking into regeneration of blastema cells into limbs, body parts, and, perhaps maybe one day, specific tissues), these two articles have me worried about more ...

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by kolean
Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:20 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Possible Cure for Cancer
Replies: 15
Views: 6095
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