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Thumb

thumb

The first digit on the radial side of the hand.

Synonym: digitus primus, pollex, first finger.

Origin: A.S. Thuma


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Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science

... all dressed up to look good for a science photo for the future to remember him by: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Lemaitre.jpg/250px-Lemaitre.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre We also have to remember Sir Isaac Newton, who ...

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by GaryGaulin
Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:03 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science
Replies: 18
Views: 444

Almonds?

As a rule of thumb Almonds are supposed be eaten in cold weather or winter and not in hot summer season.

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by freshbiology
Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:11 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Almonds?
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Views: 133

Re: What is the most poisonous snake in da world?

... me to a page exipired page! Aargh here we go again! NickMonk is correct that we should not refer to these snakes as poisonous. A good rule of thumb is that venoms are injected and poinsons are ingested so anything which kills its prey by injected venom is venomous. It is difficult to pin down ...

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by cazmantis
Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:50 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: What is the most poisonous snake in da world?
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Re: New perspectives in theory of evolution

... it is rather sure that such development will not be undergo exponential growth, so it must be under logistic. http://wm59.inbox.com/thumbs/b_19cf00_a148cffd_oG.gif.thumb In 1972 J.S.Gould and N.Eldredge proposed new conception of mikroevolution (arising of specieses) called ...

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by InsertFn
Mon May 18, 2009 8:37 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: New perspectives in theory of evolution
Replies: 4
Views: 1531

Calculating DNA concentration in PCR product

well a good rule of thumb is 2^n where n is number of cycles (provided you have a single dsDNA molecule to start with). so after 10 cycles e.g. 1024 molecules, but i don't know if that is sufficient for you...

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by smellor
Wed May 13, 2009 8:12 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Calculating DNA concentration in PCR product
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Views: 1698
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