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trigger

1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

2., the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.

(Science: zoology) Trigger fish, a large plectognath fish (Balistes Carolinensis or B. Capriscus) common on the southern coast of the united states, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper.

Synonym: leather jacket, and turbot.

Origin: For older tricker, from D. Trekker, fr. Trekken to draw, pull. See Trick.


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Dilation or Constriction

It triggers the constriction. For example when you're wounded and you start losing blood, renal afferent artery constricts and you stop losing more water from your body.

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by miloshic
Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:29 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Dilation or Constriction
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Re: Retained Intron through Translation

When an intron is included, you are likely to have a stop codon in-frame in the intron. This triggers nonsense-mediated decay of the mRNA. Frameshifting downstream sequence by including an intron with a number of bases not evenly divisible by three will also likely bring ...

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by jonmoulton
Tue May 05, 2009 11:52 pm
 
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... -> malonyl~CoA -> fatty acids Sorry to be quadruple posting, but I just talked to my biology teacher and he says that I need to find what triggers acetyl CoA to become malonyl CoA. Is that something I could find online, or should I just go back to the biochemistry textbook?

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by Mithril
Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:27 am
 
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Topic: Converting Glucose to Fat or ATP?
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Re: Homosexuality - mutation? Evolutionary reasons.

... phermones". So, we have a very simple system. Males make and release phermones that bind to the cells of the female sensory system that triggers sexual interest in them, and vice versa. In homosexuality, there is a "mis-wiring" of the system due genetic mutation. Here, males ...

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by Magnus1
Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:12 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Homosexuality - mutation? Evolutionary reasons.
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Homosexuality - mutation? Evolutionary reasons.

... just an on-off switch we'd see frequency close to 50% - unless there's some mechanism inhibiting it. If there's a mechanism inhibiting it, what triggers that mechanism to cease inhibiting? Is it developmental pathways or environmental? It seems to me that homosexuality has somewhat of a scatter-shot ...

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by AstusAleator
Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:57 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Homosexuality - mutation? Evolutionary reasons.
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