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winter-ground

To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant. The ruddock would . . . Bring thee all this, yea, and furred moss besides, when flowers are none To winter-ground thy corse. (Shak)


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Re: Bible vs Darwin

... ancestors and their adaptation?" Just some examples are the mating of salmon, or migratory patterns in animals. Birds flying south for the winter. Or how do animals know what is poisonous to eat in nature? The only other comment I have about evolution theory is that it tends to speak in ...

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by AFJ
Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:41 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bible vs Darwin
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Conditions for a stable ecosystem? (for a simulation)

... large, fairly far away from the mainland - unfortunately I don't remember it's name), where frequently deer and wolves do this feat. During the winter, some deer cross the ice and thus end up to the island. The ice then melts and the deer get isolated. The remaining population then greatly increases ...

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by biohazard
Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:01 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Conditions for a stable ecosystem? (for a simulation)
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Re: Why is the allele for polydactyly considered dominant...?

... ressesive 5 fingers. I think Natural selection plays a part in this phalangeal paradox. Maybe the ones with 6 fingers could not buy gloves in the winter so they froze to death, thus reducing the 6 finger gene pool. :)

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by MichaelXY
Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:58 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Why is the allele for polydactyly considered dominant...?
Replies: 3
Views: 891

Alex takes micro!

I suggest this: http://www.asm.org/ How funny I learned last week that I would also attend an introductory micro course in the winter term. Of course it will be slightly different for me as I will be the lecturer (a first for me). But I expect lots of fun.

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by canalon
Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:14 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Alex takes micro!
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Re: Feedback re: oxigen below sea level

... the whole pond is at 4 degrees C, the turnover stops (below that temp, water becomes less dense as it moves toward freezing). This means that at winter, before ice formation, oxygen levels are pretty much the same everywhere in the pond. I very much doubt that's the answer your professor is expecting, ...

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by Darby
Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:55 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Erased
Replies: 3
Views: 861
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