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(Science: chemistry) total amount of a substance which exists in the earth and could conceivably be extracted someday at some price with some technology. Typically much larger than reserves.


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Isolating algae pigments - Paper chromatography?

... numbers). Also, I was wondering if it would be interesting for him to try to detect pigments in the algae using a chromatogram. I have found some resources on this, but I was wondering if paper chromatography would work and if some of the pigments could at least be compared to each other. Also, ...

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by lrost
Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:27 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Isolating algae pigments - Paper chromatography?
Replies: 1
Views: 37

An advanced textbook/resources for experimental techniques?

... etc. In the exams we constantly have to design experiments and describe the "controls." I'm only just learning what controls ARE! What resources are out there to help me?

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by Dorothea
Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:00 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: An advanced textbook/resources for experimental techniques?
Replies: 0
Views: 47

Re: Re:

... less than the normal ones. And with the "lack of visible symptoms" part I meant that could there be rogue cells that waste energy and resources so much that the organism (i.e. the human body) would suffer during a long time span, even though we cannot detect anything being wrong at ...

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by parth88
Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:31 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: efficiency of body cells
Replies: 7
Views: 196

Re: Re:

... because an odd point mutation alone can generate a cell that has lost its primary function but not its ability to live and consume energy and resources. The effect of this is probably next to non-existent, however, because the cell division limiting "Hayflick limit" would ensure ...

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by biohazard
Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:04 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: efficiency of body cells
Replies: 7
Views: 196

efficiency of body cells

... that a decent percentage of cells in a multi-cellular organism doesn't contribute to the organism as a whole and merely exists eating away its resources. Generally speaking, not all cells of type x supposed to do some fucntion y for the body do it. For example not all well-developed cells of ...

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by parth88
Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:31 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: efficiency of body cells
Replies: 7
Views: 196
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