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spur

(Science: botany) A tubular pouch at the base of a perianth part, often containing nectar.


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Re: Evolution theories

... particular "favored" individuals surviving, reproducing, and passing traits suited to those circumstances on. Changes in circumstances spur changes in species, as the "average individual" changes over time. This explains why species that have <b>not</b> changed ...

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by Darby
Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:48 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Evolution theories
Replies: 2
Views: 1329

The Fiber Disease

... only when the colony has reached adequate density. However, the bacteria do not just communicate with one another - their chemical signals spur maturation of the light organ. Hatchling squid raised in sterile seawater do not develop the pouch that eventually houses the bacteria. " ...

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by Skytroll
Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:47 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 749159

Tyrannosaurus sex et alia topics

... if we were to leave it there, it would seem that these arms were vestigial. Another contemporary, the Edmontosaurus can apparently produce in a spurt a force of 35 horsepower around the rump region. The result of such an "athletic contest" is clear: those arms of our rexy are coming ...

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by Kiezel
Sun Aug 13, 2006 4:20 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Tyrannosaurus sex et alia topics
Replies: 6
Views: 2667

Morgellons and Lyme

... back to the summer of 2004. My partner and I developed Morgellons (our diagnosis...not the docs ) after I spent an afternoon digging sand spur plants up by the roots. The earth was very dry and kinda sandy, so I would gather up each plant at the base, then dig down around it, breaking ...

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by Susan Montague
Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:03 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 749159

Unbelievable

... that you had told them about this and I could expect contact from them. No contact was ever made. As I have said all along, media attention would spur tamtam to release his info faster. Indeed this letter from the ECDC is another basis for the continued confidence he exibits in regards to his ...

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by southcity
Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:18 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 749159
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