References: 1) Bijlsma‚ R.‚ Bungdaard‚ J. and Borerema‚ A.C. (2000) Does inbreeding affect the extinction risk of small populations?; predictions from Drosophila. J. of Evol. Biol. 13 502-514 2) Caughley‚ G 3) Charlesworth‚ D. & Charlesworth‚ (1987). B. Inbreeding depression and its evolutionary consequences. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 18‚ 237-268 4) Caro‚ T.M 5) Crnokrak‚ P. & Roff‚ D.A. (1999). Inbreeding
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COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES Student Handout MODULE: Fundamentals of Plant Protection UNIT: Entomology Year 1 Semester 2 Compiled by: Karma Penjore & Dr. Jamba Gyeltshen August 2009 Updated by Ugyen Yangchen March 2013 CONTENT Introduction to entomology ........................................................................3 A Class of Distinction ................................................................................................ 3 The Dominance of Insects ............
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-Change in frequency of alleles in a pop. Over time In snapdragons there’s an allele for flower color “c” that produces no pigment. A plant “CwCw” will produce _______flowers -White Red flower‚ dominant‚ white recessive. Can it be white? -O% Vestigial structure -In bats for liquids diets eye sockets in eyeless fish pelvic bones in whales Darwin observed that tortoises in a nearby island belonged to same biological species. How would he know? -Local people told him Down syndrome results from
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Jeanne Ranny de Guzman (2011-21102) March 28‚ 2012 Anthropology 10 WFQ-1 Prof. Felipe Jocano The teeth are powerful tools essential to people’s daily lives. They are the primary tool used for digestion. They are not just used for tearing‚ grinding‚ and chewing food but they are also used in making sounds (“Tooth Anatomy”). The average number of teeth a person has is thirty-two (32)‚ however‚ due to factors like different sizes in teeth and jaw. Some people might have more teeth‚ others
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Morinda citrifolia / Noni Morinda citrifolia is a tree in the coffee family‚ Rubiaceae. Its native range extends through Southeast Asia and Australasia‚ and the species is now cultivated throughout the tropics and widely naturalised. It is commonly known as great morinda‚ Indian mulberry‚ nunaakai (Tamil Nadu‚ India)‚ dog dumpling (Barbados)‚ mengkudu (Indonesia and Malaysia)‚ apatot (Philippines)‚ kumudu (Bali)‚ pace (Java)‚ beach mulberry‚ cheese fruit or noni (from Hawaiian). •
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Many different aspects of the learning and encoding of particular tasks and skills can affect the subsequent performance in these tasks. Specifically in the case of studying material in an educational context‚ building the scaffolding for strong retrieval pathways is imperative to proper learning and memorization of content. Manipulating the context of how one learns and is tested can be a powerful tool in strengthening the retrieval of studied material. Godden and Baddeley (1975) performed an experiment
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determine the sex of the offspring‚ and the autosomes consist of all the other chromosomes that determine phenotypic traits. Dominant traits are the genes that are expressed‚ while the recessive traits are masked by the dominant traits. We used Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)‚ mutating the female fruit fly with a scalloped gene to change the phenotype of its offspring and using males with genes showing wild-type. Placing WT males and SD females in the same vile‚ we provided the flies an atmosphere
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Introduction/Background c-Myb has long been known as a factor of many leukemias and lymphomas in mammals and birds. Vertebrates possess 3 forms of the Myb gene‚ A-Myb‚ B-Myb‚ and c-Myb‚ whereas Drosophila melanogaster‚ however‚ only possess one copy of the Myb gene‚ Dm-Myb‚ which results in fatality before reaching adulthood (Manak‚ Mikitu‚ Lipsick‚ 2002). Myb has also been shown to be required for the proper activation of G2/M cell cycle genes (Georlette et al.‚ 2007). The results of several other
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or f(c)-frequency‚ Y(t)-modulated signal‚ Xc(t)-carrier signal‚ Wc [Fc=Wc/2pi] frequency of carrier signal‚ Wm[Fm=Wm/2pi] frequency of message signal‚ Ka-amplitude sensitivity factor‚ USB-upper side band‚ LSB-lower side band‚ BW-band width‚ VSB- vestigial sideband modulation INTRODUCTION The process of converting information so it can easily be sent through medium is known as Modulation. Basically required for communication purpose (long range medium). Modulation is usually requires a shift of the
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Not Just a Matter of Time: Field Differences and the Shaping of Electronic Media in Supporting Scientific Communication Rob Kling & Geoffrey McKim April 27‚ 2000 Indiana University School of Library and Information Science 10th & Jordan‚ Bloomington‚ IN 47405 USA +1 812 855 5113 kling@indiana.edu‚ mckimg@indiana.edu Accepted for publication in: Journal of the American Society for Information Science Abstract The shift towards the use of electronic media in scholarly communication appears to be an
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