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Tracts

tract

(Science: anatomy) A region, principally one of some length, specifically a collection or bundle of nerve fibres having the same origin, function and termination (tractus) or a number of organs, arranged in series, subserving a common function.

Origin: L. Tractus


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Food and DNA

... inheritable changes in the expression of genes), but again, this is not related to the amount or quality of DNA that gets into our digestive tracts from food. Foreign DNA in our bodies gets degraded by the digestive system and various related enzymes. Environmental pollutants, carcinogens ...

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by biohazard
Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:12 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Food and DNA
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Views: 159

Exercise after a heavy meal

Captain Kirk: Reroute blood from the digestive tracts to muscles Scotty: She can't give you no more capt'n! Spock: Hull integrity destabilizing! Cramp imminent!

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by mith
Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:30 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Exercise after a heavy meal
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Views: 2897

fecal coliform

fecal coliform is the best test because it only exists in the digestive tracts of animals - check for colonies, if none are present there is no fish, simple as that

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by nitrobackflip
Tue May 29, 2007 10:54 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Invisible Fish
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Views: 5061

Are my answers right?

... sequence, pattern or consensus. • Used to detect features such as donor and acceptor splice sites, binding sites for transcription factors, poly A tracts and start and stop codons. • Various methods for detection: use of positional weight matrices and Hidden Markov models common. 3. Comparative ...

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by roniadam
Mon May 21, 2007 2:07 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are my answers right?
Replies: 2
Views: 436

Are my answers rights?

... sequence, pattern or consensus. • Used to detect features such as donor and acceptor splice sites, binding sites for transcription factors, poly A tracts and start and stop codons. • Various methods for detection: use of positional weight matrices and Hidden Markov models common. 3. Comparative ...

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by roniadam
Mon May 21, 2007 1:54 am
 
Forum: Bioinformatics
Topic: Are my answers rights?
Replies: 1
Views: 1456
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