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Winged

winged

1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.

2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake. (J. S. Harford)

3. Swift; rapid. Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal.

4. Wounded or hurt in the wing.

5. (Science: botany) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate.

6. Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body.

7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. The winged air darked with plumes.


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My own Ant Colony

... if they sell a queen, but I'll look into that. I just cant imagine buying a colony without a queen. Too depressing. :| I heard that some of the winged ants are females that can fly off and start their own colonies. Perhaps I could nab a group of ants in my backyard that includes some winged ...

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by Tyred
Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:09 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: My own Ant Colony
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Views: 1226

Evo-Devo

... a small mutation in a single species (phenotype identical) can produce a large difference in phenotype. In other words we should be seeing say a winged animal mating with a non winged animal because they are almost genetically identical but phenotypically very different. But we do not see this ...

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by genovese
Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:27 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Evo-Devo
Replies: 14
Views: 1039

WHY?

... end. The seeds with their fleshy arils are produced only on female yew plants, while pollen cones are produced on male plants. As for Cycas having winged pollen. I'll give you a hint. The pollen grain is transferred by the wind. Wouldn't wings make air travel easier? I hope this helps. Good luck. :D

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by ivygirl_5
Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:34 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: WHY?
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Complementation Test

... vg(A) and vg(B) are two of them. These two mutant strains express an identical phenotype. Design an experiment to investigate if these two short-winged strains arise from mutations in the same or different genes. I'm not really sure what to do, I know we would have to do a complementation test, ...

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by Agronomy
Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:55 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Complementation Test
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Views: 712

Butterfly

Let me give you a possible scenario - Start with a winged insect, using some brief seasonal food source. To get from season to season, it uses eggs. The eggs hatch and the nymphs resemble the adults, quickly going through the stages to get there. ...

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by sachin
Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:31 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Butterfly
Replies: 23
Views: 4865
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