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B Chronology of Definitions and Interpretations of Life
There are a large number of definitions and interpretations of life. The definitions presented here only serve a general bibliographic purpose as no...
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C Dictionary
Absolute life criteria. Traits that are present in all living systems (Szathmáry 2002) (see Potential life criteria).
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The Origin of Handedness
Some physical realities such as fluid vortices, certain molecular architectures, circularly polarized electromagnetic waves, screws and some...
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A Models and Theories of Life
A variety of numerical and chemical models have been proposed as analogies and simulators of the evolution and functioning of early life. Because...
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The Purpose-Like Nature of Life
According to Jeffrey Tze-Fei Wong (2002): A living system is one capable of...
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The Origin of Early Specificity.The Order, Complexity and Diversity of Life
One of the key assets of life is its ability to maintain a low level of internal entropy while avoiding reaching minimal levels of it. Understanding...
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Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching: Application to Nuclear Proteins
Fluorescence redistribution after photobleaching (FRAP) has received increasing attention ever since it was first introduced into cell biological...
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Engineering Fluorescent Proteins
Green fluorescent protein from the jellyfish Aequorea victora (GFP) and GFP-like proteins from Anthozoa species encode light-absorbing chromophores...
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Live Cell Spinning Disk Microscopy
In vivo microscopy of dynamic processes in cells and organisms requires very fast and sensitive acquisition methods. Confocal laser scanning...
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Lipid Markers for Marine Organic Matter
An astonishing variety of different lipids have been found in marine sediments and the water column attesting to the diversity of biosynthetic...
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Pigment Markers for Phytoplankton Production
Chlorophylls and carotenoids are commonly used as quantitative biomarkers for the composition and biomass of marine phytoplankton. This chapter...
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Isotopic Tracers of the Marine Nitrogen Cycle: Present and Past
The oceanic nitrogen cycle consists of a web of microbially mediated transformations driven in part by the large range in possible nitrogen...
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Sources and Fate of Organic Contaminants in the Marine Environment
The sources, levels, and fate of organic contaminants of major concern in the marine environment are reviewed. Spatial distributions among the...
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Glass working and recycling in Pompeii: new evidence from the landfill of the Sarno Baths (VIII 2, 17–23)
Forty-six glass finds, including vessel fragments, windows, one inlay and one indicator of production (moil) excavated in the dump of the Sarno Baths...
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Biogenic synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticles using transformed mesophilic Escherichia coli BL21 and thermophilic Thermus thermophilus HB27
Gold nanoparticles have numerous applications, many of which are notable in industries. The biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles offers an easy,...
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Composition of the whiteflies microbiome in populations with and without insecticide applications in Yucatan Mexico
The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) has coevolved with intracellular endosymbiotic bacteria that help supplement their nutrient-poor diets with...
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Expression genome-wide association study identifies key regulatory variants enriched with metabolic and immune functions in four porcine tissues
BackgroundIntegration of high throughput DNA genoty** and RNA-sequencing data enables the discovery of genomic regions that regulate gene...
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Nesting biology of Tetrapedia amplitarsis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Tetrapediini)
Tetrapedia amplitarsis is an oil-collecting solitary bee that nests in pre-existing cavities and differs from the other species of the genus in...
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